Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

TO IMPROVE THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES THROUGH INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

RESEARCHMHIF HAD MORE THAN 230 RESEARCH STUDIES UNDERWAY IN 2021 AND ACTIVATED MORE STUDIES DURING THE YEAR THAN ANY OTHER YEAR FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR. THE TEAM ALSO PUBLISHED MORE THAN 250 PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS. MHIF RESEARCH PHYSICIANS, STAFF AND INTERNS PARTICIPATED IN EVERY MAJOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR CONFERENCES (MANY OF WHICH WERE STILL VIRTUAL OR HYBRID IN 2021), INCLUDING 144 PODIUM PRESENTATIONS AND 79 ABSTRACTS. MHIF ACHIEVED GROWTH IN INDUSTRY-SPONSORED RESEARCH, INVESTIGATOR-INITIATED RESEARCH (DESIGNED AND LED BY MHIF RESEARCH PHYSICIANS), WITH REPRESENTATION ACROSS ALL SUBSPECIALTIES.MHIF HAS A 40-YEAR HISTORY OF WORLD-CLASS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THAT HAS PROVEN ITS POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE STANDARD OF CARE FOR PATIENTS AROUND THE WORLD. WE ENROLL HUNDREDS OF RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS EVERY YEAR, PROVIDING HOPE FOR PATIENTS THROUGH OPTIONS THAT MAY ONLY BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF RESEARCH. IN ADDITION TO THE TYPICAL RESEARCH PORTFOLIO, MHIF WAS THE NATIONAL COORDINATING DATA CENTER FOR THE COVID/STEMI RESEARCH (NORTH AMERICAN COVID-19 ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION REGISTRY) CONTRIBUTING TO INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO INFORM OPTIMAL CARE DURING RAPIDLY EVOLVING PANDEMIC.MHIF RESEARCH CONTINUES TO CROSS ALL PRACTICE AREAS OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE AND CARE. A FEW HIGHLIGHTS RELATED TO OUR IMPACT IN 2021: -NEARLY 4,000 VISITS WITH PATIENTS WHO HAVE HOPE AND OPTIONS THROUGH RESEARCH STUDIES-300 NEW PATIENTS ENROLLED IN RESEARCH; THERE WERE MORE THAN 1,150 ACTIVE RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS IN 2021-32 NEW RESEARCH STUDIES INITIATED, ADVANCING OPTIONS AND OUTCOMES FOR ALL PATIENTS-LED FIRST-IN-HUMAN AND FIRST-IN-WORLD RESEARCH AND CONTINUED TO DEMONSTRATE AS A TOP ENROLLER -258 PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS SHARING LEARNINGS FROM MHIF RESEARCH ANNUAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INVESTMENTS > $16+ MILLION

EDUCATIONEQUAL TO OUR COMMITMENT TO RESEARCH IS OUR DEDICATION TO SHARE THE LEARNINGS FROM RESEARCH THROUGH EDUCATION, ALLOWING FOR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMPACT AS WE CHALLENGE AND ADVANCE THE STANDARD OF CARE FOR ALL PATIENTS. MHIF PROUDLY SHARED THE DETAILS OF OUR RESEARCH THROUGH 144 PRESENTATIONS OR INVITED TALKS, AND 79 ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES. WE PUBLISHED 258 MANUSCRIPTS, SHARING LEARNINGS FROM WORLD-CLASS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH IN LEADING JOURNALS. WE ALSO OFFERED VARIOUS PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL EVENTS (MANY OF WHICH WERE STILL VIRTUAL) TO INCREASE AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGEMENT OF VARIOUS HEART CONDITIONS. MANY OF OUR EVENTS ATTRACTED PARTICIPANTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.OUR CARDIOVASCULAR GRAND ROUNDS PROGRAM ENSURES ATTENDEES ARE WELL-VERSED IN THE LATEST RESEARCH OUTCOMES AND EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES. THROUGH 33 SESSIONS, MHIF PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION TO MORE THAN 3,200 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.IN THE SUMMER OF 2021, MHIF RETURNED TO AN IN-PERSON 12-WEEK CLINICAL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND WELCOMED 12 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. THESE INTERNS WERE SELECTED FROM A STRONG POOL OF CANDIDATES WHO WERE PRE-MED OR PLANNING A CAREER IN MEDICINE. INTERNS WERE PAIRED WITH ALLINA HEALTH MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE PHYSICIANS AND PARTICIPATED IN GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH PROJECTS THEY PRESENTED AT THE END OF THE SUMMER. SINCE THIS PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2002, 215 RESEARCH INTERNS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO 143 POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES AND 168 PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS. IN ADDITION, OF THESE 215 INTERN ALUMNI, 55 PERCENT ARE PRACTICING PHYSICIANS, 21 PERCENT ARE IN MEDICAL SCHOOL, 13 PERCENT ARE IN HEALTH CARE-RELATED FIELDS, AND 11 PERCENT ARE IN NON-HEALTH FIELDS.