Cardiovascular Update

Welcome to Mayo Clinic's Cardiovascular Update. As the name connotes, this website will provide additional information and resources related to topics in the current issue of our print newsletter.

The print newsletter and online supplement provide a mix of information you can use in your daily practice, along with news about cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic techniques offered in our new or rapidly expanding subspecialty clinics.

We welcome suggestions for future newsletter content or other ways we can improve communication between our practices to better serve you and your patients.

2011 Issues

Vol. 9, No. 3, 2011 (PDF)

• New Cardiovascular Diseases Chair at Mayo Clinic in Florida
• Evolving Strategies and Technologies in Pediatric Heart Failure and Pediatric Heart Transplantation
• New Protocols Allow for MRI in Selected Pacemaker Patients
• New Technology Facilitates Treatment of Pediatric Arrhythmias

Vol. 9, No. 2, 2011 (PDF)

• Percutaneous Treatment of Varicose Veins Offers Less Invasive, More Effective Options
• Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation: An Important New Approach to Treating Aortic Valve Stenosis
• Mayo Clinic Offers Physician Resources via Social Media
• Genetic Variation and Risk of Myocardial Infarction

Vol. 9, No. 1, 2011 (PDF)

• New Cardiovascular Surgery Chair at Mayo Clinic in Rochester
• New Simulation Training in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Arizona
• PREVAIL PROTECT Study Extending Eligibility for Left Atrial Occlusion Devices in Atrial Fibrillation
• Using Registries to Assess Clinical Practice and Improve Patient Care

2010 Issues

Vol. 8, No. 4, 2010 (PDF)

• New Chair of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic in Arizona
• CREST Results Demonstrate Carotid Artery Stenting Is Effective and Safe
• New Antithrombotic Released for Stroke Prophylaxis in Atrial Fibrillation
• Management Guidelines for Acute Aortic Dissection and the International Registry of Acute Dissection
• Healthy Living Rochester

Vol. 8, No. 3, 2010 (PDF)

• PARTNER Investigators Announce Dramatic Trial Results
• Mayo Investigators Demonstrate Superior Benefit of Primed Adult Stem Cells in Heart Failure
• Expanding Implications for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy to Treat Congestive Heart Failure
• Hybrid Approach to Coronary Artery Disease

Vol. 8, No. 2, 2010 (PDF)

• New Cardiovascular Division Leadership Announced
• Epicardial Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Arrhythmias
• Mayo Clinic Physicians Perform First Minnesota Implantation of Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve
• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Climbing Researching for a Cure
• Mayo Clinic Expedition Assesses the Physiologic Response of Humans Exposed to Extreme Environments

Vol. 8, No. 1, 2010 (PDF)

• Perspectives on the Continuing Evolution of Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation
  • Heart Rhythm Services
• New Insights Into the Mechanisms of Degenerative Aortic Valve Stenosis
  • Cardiovascular Surgery
• New Statin Intolerance Clinic
  • Cardiovascular Health Clinic
• Recognition
• Upcoming CV Courses
• Authors this issue:
  • Douglas L. Packer, M.D.
  • Jordan D. Miller, Ph.D.
  • Stephen Kopecky, M.D.

2009 Issues

Vol. 7, No. 4, 2009 (PDF)

• Hybrid Procedures in the Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease
  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Surgery
• Videoscopic Denervation Therapy for Genetic Heart Diseases Predisposing to Sudden Death
  • Heart Rhythm Services
• Mayo Clinic Establishes Collaboration With Samsung Medical Center in South Korea
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
• Recognition
• Upcoming CV Courses
• Authors this issue:
  • Michael J. Ackerman, M.D.
  • Harold M. Burkhart, M.D.
  • Frank Cetta, M.D.
  • Donald J. Hagler, M.D.
  • Christopher Moir, M.D.
  • Jae K. Oh, M.D.

Vol. 7, No. 3, 2009 (PDF)

• Toward a New PARTNERship for the Treatment of Aortic Stenosis
  • Valvular Heart Disease
• The Role of 3D Echocardiography in the Assessment of Valvular Heart Disease
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
• Ebstein Anomaly: Update on Surgical Management
  • Cardiovascular Surgery
• Honors & Awards
• Upcoming CV Courses
• Authors this issue:
  • Charanjit S. Rihal, MD.
  • Thoralf M. Sundt III, M.D.
  • Maurice E. Sarano, MD.
  • Sunil V. Mankad, MD.
  • Joseph A. Dearani, MD.

Vol. 7, No. 2, 2009 (PDF)

• New Developments in Nuclear Cardiology — The Heart-Breast Scan
  • Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory
• Valve-Sparing Root Repair in Marfan Syndrome
  • Cardiovascular Surgery
• Sports Cardiology Clinic: Keeping Athletes Active
  • Sports Cardiology Clinic
• Cardiovascular Innovations: Noncardiac Arrhythmias — Different Locations, Similar Solutions
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
• Honors & Awards
• Upcoming CV Courses
• Authors this issue:
  • Thomas G. Allison, Ph.D.
  • Samuel J. Asiratham, M.D.
  • J. Wells Askew, M.D.
  • Charles J. Bruce, M.D.
  • Heidi M. Connolly, M.D.
  • Paul A. Friedman, M.D.
  • David R. Holmes Jr., M.D.
  • Todd D. Miller, M.D.
  • Michael K. O'Connor, Ph.D.
  • Thoralf M. Sundt III, M.D.

Vol. 7, No. 1, 2009 (PDF)

• Endovascular Stent Graft Repair of Thoracic Aortic
  • Cardiovascular Surgery
• National Marfan Foundation Conference Comes to Mayo Clinic Rochester
  • Marfan and Thoracic Aortic Clinic
• Amiodarone, the Thyroid, and Amiodarone Thyrotoxicity
  • Heart Rhythm Services
• Cardiovascular Innovations: Reducing Stroke Incidence by Ligating the Left Atrial Appendage
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
• Honors & Awards
• Upcoming CV Courses
• Authors this issue:
  • Samuel J. Asirvatham, M.D.
  • Michael D. Brennan, M.D.
  • Charles J. Bruce, M.D.
  • Yong-Mei Cha, M.D.
  • Heidi M. Connolly, M.D.
  • Paul A. Friedman, M.D.
  • Kevin L. Greason, M.D.