Cardiovascular Diseases in Minnesota

Cardiovascular Risk Modification and Wellness Retreats

Mayo Clinic in Minnesota offers Cardiovascular Risk Modification and Wellness Retreats for people interested in learning about heart health, heart disease risk factors and heart disease prevention. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in men and women worldwide and evidence suggests it may become more common in the future.

Cardiovascular wellness retreats help participants understand their current heart health and how they can reduce their risk of heart disease. Mayo Clinic's Risk Modification and Cardiovascular Wellness Retreats are customized for each participant's lifestyle and health status. The retreats offer many services and options to participants that can be tailored to each person's needs.

Participants in the program receive care from a world-renowned team of cardiologists and other specialists at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Cardiologists work with a cardiovascular wellness team that includes:

• Certified exercise specialists
• Exercise physiologists
• Nurse practitioners
• Registered dietitians
• Registered nurses

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is ranked among the Best Hospitals for heart and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report.

The Division of Cardiovascular Diseases includes more than 150 cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in 26 dedicated clinics and laboratories who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of more than 120 heart conditions and diseases.

Mayo cardiovascular wellness retreat services

Services offered include:

• A personalized, comprehensive cardiovascular evaluation and risk modification program focused on identifying and reducing heart disease risks
• Treatment of heart disease risk factors and heart disease
• A personalized report of the participant's evaluation and test results
• A detailed action plan to help each participant achieve and maintain optimal health
• Personal follow-up from a member of the cardiovascular wellness team

A medical evaluation includes:

• Comprehensive cardiovascular risk assessment and evaluation of heart and vascular disease
• Discussion of participant's family health history
• Vascular risk assessment
• Metabolic syndrome risk assessment
• Personal mental wellness screening
• Midlife health assessment of conditions associated with heart disease
• Men: erectile dysfunction and sleep apnea
• Women: women's heart disease and associated conditions including hormonal, menopausal and female sexual dysfunction

• Cardiovascular fitness assessment
• Comprehensive cardiovascular nutritional evaluation
• Other tests
• Cardiovascular blood profile
• Electrocardiogram
• Body composition

A risk modification program may include:

• Exercise
• Nutrition counseling
• Medications, including medications to control high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes
• Patient education services
• Smoking cessation counseling and treatment
• Stress management
• Weight management

Optional services

Optional services offered include:

• Education and wellness
• Heart-healthy cooking lessons
• Stress reduction classes
• Personal nutrition guidance and planning
• Musculoskeletal evaluation
• Cardiovascular exercise
• Personal training
• Personalized human performance testing
• Sports Cardiology Clinic
• Sports Performance Training Program
• Other Mayo programs
• Metabolic syndrome care
• Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
• Complementary and alternative medicine
• Acupuncture
• Hypnosis
• Massage therapy
• Meditation
• Stress management

Other tests may be recommended, including:

• Coronary calcification scan
• CT coronary angiogram
• Chest X-ray
• Echocardiogram
• Treadmill exercise test or stress test
• Ankle brachial index

Other consultations may be recommended, including:

• Diabetes Clinic and/or Nutrition Clinic assessment
• Psychology
• Smoking cessation
• Stress management and resilience enhancement

Program information

The length of the program may vary from two days to several weeks based on each participant's needs and preferences. The cost of the program may vary depending on the length of time each participant is involved. Optional services, additional procedures and accommodations are not included in the cost of the program.

Appointments

To schedule a Cardiovascular Risk Modification and Wellness Retreat, contact 507-293-1455. To personalize the program, an advance notice of four weeks is preferred.

Travel information

Mayo Clinic is centrally located in downtown Rochester, within walking distance of many excellent hotels, restaurants and shops. Many hotels are connected to Mayo Clinic by pedestrian subways and skyways.