Minnesota Heart Clinic and Edina-based Fairview Southdale Hospital are rated number one in Minnesota in cardiology and cardiac care for 2008 by HealthGrades, an independent health care ratings organization. Fairview Southdale Hospital is a five-star hospital and nationally recognized for being in the top 5% for the treatment of acute coronary (STEMI) syndrome, acute cardiac interventions for survival rate and door-to-dilation times. This means that from the moment a patient arrives with a heart issue, their examination and treatment is often immediate.


Fairview Southdale Hospital is a nationally recognized top 100 heart hospital. Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information and analysis, placed Fairview Southdale Hospital in the top 100 U.S. hospitals for cardiovascular care. 970 hospitals were evaluated based on their performance in treating heart failure, heart attacks, bypass surgery and angioplasties.


The nationally known Leapfrog Group named Fairview Southdale Hospital to its list of “Highest Value” hospitals in 2008. The organization evaluated 1,220 U.S. hospitals on their quality and resource utilization scores for open-heart surgery, coronary angioplasty, treatment of heart attack and pneumonia care.

Fairview Southdale Hospital is one of 13 in the nation to make the list, which includes having a top efficiency of care score for at least three of these four procedures and conditions. 2008 is the first year the hospital has been recognized by the group.

Physician partners included in the accolade include Minnesota Heart Clinic, a partnership of Fairview and University of Minnesota Physicians, and Twin Cities Heart & Lung.


Insurance company Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota today named Fairview Southdale Hospital and University of Minnesota Medial Center as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care in 2009. The hospitals met the criteria by having better overall outcomes for patients and for consistency of care over time. Hospitals recognized as " Blue Distinction Centers " provide a full range of cardiac care services, including inpatient cardiac care, cardiac rehabilitation, coronary angioplasties and open-heart surgery.