Abbott Northwestern Hospital, part of Allina Health (Minneapolis).
The Minneapolis Heart Institute was formed in 1981 and merged with Abbott Northwestern in 1995. The hospital is nationally ranked in cardiology and heart services and is ranked No. 2 overall in Minnesota for those services by U.S. News & World Report for 2014-15. Abbott Northwestern Hospital also is one of CareChex’s top 50 hospitals for cardiac care, was named a Blue Distinction Center for cardiac care by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and is Magnet-accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. In May 2014, a cardiologist from the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital became the first physician in the Midwest to implant the world’s smallest pacemaker in a patient. The Minneapolis Heart Institute also was one of the first to perform a double-lung transplant in the U.S. and was the first in the country to use an artificial vein graft in bypass surgery.
