In October 2007, Ridgeview opened the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Ridgeview Heart Center, which brought a new level of cardiovascular care to our community. Some of the features include advanced diagnostic technology, an outpatient clinic and catheterization lab.

Since its inception, the Ridgeview Heart Center has performed:

• Patient Visits (Ridgeview Clinics and Hospital Inpatients)
  2008–3,522
  2009–3,993
  2010–4,282, annualized
  

• Cardiovascular Diagnostic Tests
  2008–4,200
  2009–5,026
  2010–5,068, annualized
  

• Cardiovascular Cath Lab Procedures
  2008–115
  2009–188 (58 of which were stent procedures)
  2010–211, annualized (89 of which were stent procedures)
  

• Interventional Radiology Procedures
  2008–138
  2009–274
  2010–350, annualized