Our Areas
of Research

Improving Patient Care By Challenging the Standards

Research is at the heart of our mission. Our areas of research exist to drive new discoveries and education activities that address clinical needs and gaps that exist in health care. The work of MHIF in these areas of specialty adds a depth of effort and investment that goes beyond clinical studies, working to improve patient care in ways that will challenge the standard.

Explore our areas of world class research

Coronary Artery Disease

We’re saving and improving the lives of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), which is the #1 cause of death in the world.

COVID-19 Research

As a world-class cardiovascular research and education organization, we know that research and science are the solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic. We join with others around the world, working hard to contribute to solutions.

General Cardiology

Reduce your risk for heart disease, or learn more about your type of heart condition and how you can live better with it.

Health Equity

Health is our greatest resource, and yet it is unequally and unfairly distributed across populations along social lines, like race, gender, and income.

Heart Attack & Intervention

Working on sponsored clinical trials allows us to make revolutionary changes to how people are treated immediately after they suffer a heart attack. Partnerships with other organizations that share our patient-centered focus help us treat you better.

Heart Failure & Transplant

Countless lives have been saved due to medical innovations including artificial hearts and mechanical circulatory support devices and innovations continue.

Heart Rhythm

Our mission is to discover new ways to help patients with heart rhythm disorders live longer and better lives around the world.

Imaging

Access to world-class expertise in cardiovascular imaging allows physicians to see details and detect issues of the heart and vascular system that might otherwise go undiagnosed.

Prevention & Population Health

We’re working to determine the optimal approach to preventing heart and vascular disease, not just for our patients, but for patients around the world.

Stem Cells

Stem cell research is an important way to explore new possibilities to improve patient care.

Valve Disease

Heart valve disease is a preventable public health crisis. Our world-class research and education center is leading the way to providing life-saving solutions for you.

Women's Heart Health

Join us to advance the understanding of heart and vascular disease in women, how to prevent it and how to optimize patient care.

Clinical Research Studies

Our research offers hope for current patients and opportunities to make a difference for future patients. We explore every area of cardiovascular care. Ask your doctor about active MHIF studies that match your treatment needs.

Give the Gift of Hope

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The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation® (MHIF) strives to create a world without heart and vascular disease. To achieve this bold vision, we are dedicated to improving the cardiovascular health of individuals and communities through innovative research and education.

Thanks to the generosity of donors like you, we can continue this life-saving work. Please make a gift to support the area of greatest need.

Research Milestone: FDA approves device used as alternative to open-heart

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Triclip team

We are honored to celebrate the culmination of years of research that has resulted in new technologies for patients! In the few last weeks, we announced a similar research milestone with the FDA approval of the TriClip system for tricuspid regurgitation. We celebrated this important milestone with local media KSTP-TV, who spotlighted the importance of this new technology. We were proud to be a leading clinical site led by Global PI Dr. Paul Sorajja and the MHIF research team who contributed significant data to the pivotal trial.