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Adrian K. Almquist, MD, FACC

Adrian K. Almquist, MD, FACC, is an MHIF researcher. His interest at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation is the role of implantable defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Dr. Almquist is also director of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Pacemaker Department and a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
Education and Training
Medical School:
University of Nebraska, Omaha
Residency:
Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Fellowship:
Cardiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Kenneth M. Rosen Fellow of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, Minneapolis, MN
Certifications:
American Board of Internal Medicine 1979
Cardiovascular Diseases 1985
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology 1992
Recertified, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology 2002
Dr. Almquist was president of Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation 1995-1996.
