Information for Patients on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Overview
The Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention was founded to offer a new, unique approach to anticipating and managing heart and artery disease, focusing on screening healthy individuals who may have risk factors (e.g. family history, hypertension, smoking, etc.) Affiliated with the world-renowned Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, the Rasmussen Center offers a unique array of the latest, non-invasive diagnostic screening tools in detecting cardiovascular disease, identifying conditions that often go undetected but which can lead to heart attacks, strokes, heart- and kidney failure. The first Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Center in the U.S. provides such a comprehensive assessment to identify early cardiovascular abnormalities.
What We Offer
In each two-hour evaluation, the Center will provide a comprehensive cardiovascular health assessment, including the newest, noninvasive diagnostic test to identify the earliest stages of vascular and cardiac disease that may lead to heart attacks, strokes and other complications of cardiovascular disease.
Our evaluation consists of an in-depth interview by a health care provider and diagnostic and laboratory measurements aimed at detecting early-stage disease and identifying factors that may contribute to its progression. A full report of the findings and recommendations is provided to both patient and physician.
Offering the Best Care
The University of Minnesota has long been recognized as a leader in cardiovascular medicine. The Rasmussen Center represents the latest effort in this long tradition of helping people live longer, healthier lives through preventive care management. Rasmussen Center Director, Jay N. Cohn, M.D., is a professor of medicine in the Cardiovascular Division of the University of Minnesota Medical School, a division which he headed for 22 years. A pioneer in developing cardiovascular assessment and therapy procedures, Dr. Cohn has written extensively about hypertension, congestive heart failure, and vascular compliance, among other related topics and has authored more than 600 scientific articles. He was founding Editor in Chief of the Journal of Cardiac Failure and co-author of the major textbook, Cardiovascular Medicine. He serves on the editorial boards of many major cardiovascular journals in the field.