Print Mayo Clinic's approachAt Mayo Clinic, heart doctors (cardiologists), heart surgeons (cardiovascular surgeons) and other health care professionals work as a team to evaluate and treat people with heart rhythm disorders. This collaborative approach means that your health care team can often create a personalized treatment plan within 2 to 3 days. The Mayo Clinic experience and patient stories Our patients tell us that the quality of their interactions, our attention to detail and the efficiency of their visits mean health care like they've never experienced. See the stories of satisfied Mayo Clinic patients. Detecting danger: Dan O'BryanDan O’Bryan didn’t think his dizziness and lightheadedness were anything to worry about. Nearly 100 miles away, the team at Mayo Clinic that was remotely monitoring Dan’s heart could see the truth. Looking back, Dan O’Bryan now can see the connection between his dizzy spells and episodes of lightheadedness during spring 2021, and the slow heart rate and atrial fibrillation diagnoses that led him to have a pacemaker implanted in his chest. At the time, however, he didn’t realize that his… Expertise and rankingsMayo Clinic doctors and other health care professionals have extensive experience in diagnosing and treating people with heart rhythm disorders. Each year, more than 2,000 people get a pacemaker at Mayo Clinic. Nationally recognized expertise Mayo Clinic campuses are nationally recognized for expertise in cardiology and cardiovascular surgery: Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Ariz., and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., are ranked among the Best Hospitals for heart and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report. 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