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[Star Tribune, May 31, 2020]   People with heart problems have been getting the wrong message about avoiding care during the COVID-19 pandemic & are at greater risk of dying as a result.
May 31, 2020
[Hearst News, April 30, 2020]   As hospitals braced for a surge of COVID-19 cases, other patients, who are wondering whether it's safe to go to the hospital in an emergency, disappeared.
April 30, 2020
[US News & World Report, February 11, 2020]   You know that your heart is constantly pumping blood throughout your body. But most of the time, you're probably not paying attention to your heartbeat.
February 11, 2020
[MarketWatch, December 27, 2019]   Abbott Northwestern Hospital's Dr. Craig Bowron shares the value of Coronary Artery Calcium screening using CT scans to determine if arteries are blocked.
December 27, 2019
[KARE 11, December 05, 2019]   Some doctors say they see more heart attacks on Christmas Day than any other time of the year. Dr. Nick Burke , who specializes in interventional cardiology with Allina Health at the Minneapolis Heart Institute , says holidays are stressful which can lead to what he calls "Holiday Heart Syndrome." "It is not just your mom, everyone has stress during the holidays.
December 05, 2019
[KSTP TV, October 26, 2019]   Next month marks five years since 14-year-old Patrick Schoonover collapsed on the ice while competing in the Blue Ox Hockey Bantam AA tournament & died.
October 26, 2019
[WCCO, January 01, 0001]   WCCO Radio, Oct. 19, 2019] Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is back on the campaign trail weeks after suffering a heart attack.
October 19, 2019
[KARE 11, October 02, 2019]   Presidential candidate Bernie Sander felt chest pains during a campaign event this week and went to a hospital where doctors placed two stents in a clogged coronary artery. He's taking time off from the campaign to recover.
October 02, 2019
[Star Tribune, September 06, 2019]   Three tricuspid regurgitation (TR) patients at Minneapolis' Abbott Northwestern Hospital quietly jumped to the forefront of a wave of cardiology innovation represented by a class of new "structural heart" devices that optimize blood flow using foldable memory metals and tendril-like catheters thin enough to fit inside blood vessels. "I had a lot of pain and a lot of shortness of breath.
September 05, 2019
[KARE 11, June 13, 2019]   The death of Hollywood director John Singleton was a wake up call. His death was a reminder that black men are hit hard by high blood pressure. Read more.
June 13, 2019