Heart disease care at Mayo Clinic

Your Mayo Clinic care team

At Mayo Clinic, a multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, doctors trained in heart surgery (cardiac surgeons) and other care providers works together to evaluate you and provide the most appropriate treatment.

Having all of this specialized expertise in a single place, focused on you, means that you're not just getting one opinion. Your care is discussed among the team. Test results are available quickly. Appointments are coordinated, and highly specialized heart experts are working together for your health.

Leading-edge treatment

Mayo Clinic surgeons have experience performing cardiovascular and cardiothoracic procedures using the most current management and surgical techniques.

Surgeons have experience and expertise performing minimally invasive heart surgery such as robot-assisted heart surgery, ventricular assist device implantation, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, surgery to treat congenital heart disease in children and adults, heart valve surgery, and many other complex procedures.

Pediatric expertise

Doctors trained in pediatric cardiology and pediatric cardiac surgery treat children with heart disease at Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota. Children needing hospitalization receive care at Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital at Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota. The hospital includes a cardiovascular unit dedicated to pre- and post-surgical care of children who have heart disease.

Care providers trained in treating children and adolescents with congenital heart disease staff the unit. Child life specialists help you and your child manage emotions relating to illness, medical procedures and hospital care.

Expertise and rankings

Mayo Clinic doctors trained in heart disease (cardiologists) evaluate more than 113,000 people with cardiovascular diseases each year.

Nationally recognized expertise

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for heart and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic Children's Center in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023-2024 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.

Learn more about Mayo Clinic's cardiovascular medicine and cardiovascular surgery departments' expertise and rankings.

Locations, travel and lodging

Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.

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Costs and insurance

Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people.

In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.

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Please contact your insurance company to verify medical coverage and to obtain any needed authorization prior to your visit. Often, your insurer's customer service number is printed on the back of your insurance card.