MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
920 E 28TH STREET NO 100, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 554071191 www.mplsheart.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO IMPROVE THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

RESEARCH: MHIF HAD MORE THAN 200 RESEARCH STUDIES UNDERWAY IN 2019, AS WELL AS MORE THAN 200 PEER-REVIEWED STUDIES AND MANUSCRIPTS PUBLISHED. MHIF RESEARCH PHYSICIANS, STAFF AND INTERNS PARTICIPATED IN EVERY MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR CONFERENCE AND GENERATED 101 ABSTRACTS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATED IN 158 ORAL ABSTRACT OR PODIUM PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS. MHIF ACHIEVED GROWTH IN INDUSTRY-SPONSORED RESEARCH, INVESTIGATOR-INITIATED RESEARCH (DESIGNED AND LED BY LEADING PHYSICIANS), WITH REPRESENTATION ACROSS ALL SUBSPECIALTIES.SEVERAL OF THE RESEARCH STUDIES CONDUCTED AT MHIF IN 2019 INVOLVED GROUNDBREAKING TREATMENT APPROACHES AND TECHNOLOGIES. DR. DAVID LIN AND THE MHIF RESEARCH TEAM ENROLLED THE FIRST PATIENT IN THE WORLD FOR THE RHAPSODY STUDY, TESTING THE USE OF A NEW DRUG TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT PERICARDITIS. DR. YALE WANG AND THE MHIF RESEARCH TEAM COMPLETED THE FIRST-IN-THE-WORLD ENROLLMENT IN THE RADIANCE II STUDY. THIS STUDY IS EVALUATING A MINIMALLY INVASIVE, CATHETER-BASED PROCEDURE THAT MAY LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE AND REDUCE A PERSON'S NEED FOR MEDICATIONS. DR. PAUL SORAJJA AND THE MHIF VALVE SCIENCE CENTER TEAM PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (JACC) DATA FROM THE LARGEST EXPERIENCE TO DATE WITH THE INVESTIGATIONAL TENDYNE TRANSCATHETER MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT (TMVR) TECHNOLOGY. MHIF WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF NEW CLINICAL RESEARCH PARTICIPATING IN THE "HEART-IN-A-BOX" CLINICAL TRIAL, COMPLETING THREE SUCCESSFUL HEART TRANSPLANTS WITH USE OF THE INVESTIGATIONAL TRANSMEDICS ORGAN CARE SYSTEM (OCS). THE SYSTEM PRESERVES DONOR HEARTS, KEEPING THEM BEATING INSTEAD OF SIMPLY STORING THEM ON ICE IN A COOLER DURING TRANSPORT. DR. PAUL SORAJJA AND THE MHIF RESEARCH TEAM COMPLETED THE FIRST ENROLLMENT IN THE TENDYNE MAC WITH CLIP STUDY FOR PATIENTS WITH SEVERE MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION. DR. TRAVERSE AND THE MHIF RESEARCH TEAM CONTRIBUTED TO THE JACC PUBLICATION OF PORCINE ECM STUDY; MHIF WAS KEY ENROLLER IN FIRST-IN-HUMAN, FDA-APPROVED PHASE I TRIAL FOR VENTRIGEL TO REPAIR DAMAGE AFTER HEART ATTACK. DR. SHARKEY AND THE MHIF RESEARCH TEAM PUBLISHED THE LARGEST STUDY FOR STEMI-SCAD IN JACC; RESULTS SHOWED PCI IS SUCCESSFUL IN MOST STEMI-SCAD PATIENTS, WITH LOW 3-YEAR MORTALITY.

EDUCATION: THE MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION (MHIF) TRANSLATES AND DISSEMINATES RESEARCH FINDINGS FROM THE MORE THAN 200 RESEARCH STUDIES CONDUCTED EACH YEAR WITH 2,200 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH EDUCATION TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOMES. IN 2019, MHIF CONTINUED TO SUPPORT PHYSICIAN-INITIATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING BY DELIVERING TWO PUBLIC EDUCATION EVENTS AND THREE PROFESSIONAL CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION/CONTINUING EDUCATION EVENTS. OUR CARDIOVASCULAR GRAND ROUNDS EDUCATION ENSURES ATTENDEES ARE WELL-VERSED IN THE LATEST RESEARCH OUTCOMES AND EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES. THROUGH 30 SESSIONS, MHIF PROVIDED OVER 2,100 HOURS OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION AND ACHIEVED GREATER THAN 96% PARTICIPANT SATISFACTION.MHIF'S 2019 RESEARCH INTERN PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL. TEN INTERNS WERE SELECTED FROM 164 APPLICANTS TO ASSIST MHIF RESEARCH PHYSICIANS IN INVESTIGATOR-INITIATED RESEARCH. INTERNS RECEIVED MORE THAN 100 HOURS OF TRAINING OVER A 12-WEEK INTERN PROGRAM. OF THE 201 INTERN ALUMNI, 46 PERCENT ARE NOW PRACTICING PHYSICIANS, 21 PERCENT ARE IN MEDICAL SCHOOL, 15 PERCENT ARE PREMED STUDENTS, 14 PERCENT ARE IN OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONS, AND 4 PERCENT ARE IN NON-HEALTH OR UNKNOWN CAREERS.IN 2019, MHIF'S HEARTS BEAT BACK: THE HEART OF NEW ULM PROJECT (HONU) COMPLETED ITS 10TH AND FINAL YEAR OF RESEARCH IN NEW ULM. WHILE FINAL OUTCOMES ARE STILL BEING ANALYZED, MHIF CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY IN CARRYING FORWARD ITS EFFORTS TO INCREASE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE OR WORK IN NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. INTERVENING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY SIMULTANEOUSLY WHERE RESIDENTS LIVE, WORK, LEARN, PLAY, AND SEEK HEALTH CARE, MANY OF THE MORE THAN 13,000 RESIDENTS WERE TOUCHED IN SOME CAPACITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BY PROJECT ACTIVITIES.IN 2019, THROUGH PROJECT LEADERSHIP AND 50 VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVE ON 8 DIFFERENT ACTION TEAMS TO CARRY FORWARD THE PROGRESS MADE DURING THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT, A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT INITIATIVES WERE CONDUCTED TO HELP MAKE NEW ULM RESIDENTS HEALTHIER. THE PROJECT LEADERSHIP TEAM DEVELOPED THEIR POLICY PLATFORM TO ADOPT A TOBACCO 21 ORDINANCE AND INCORPORATE HEALTH INTO THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE LEADERSHIP DETERMINED A LONG-TERM FUNDING STRATEGY AND CREATED A NEW THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN. THE ACTION TEAMS OFFERED QUARTERLY NETWORK AND TRAINING SESSIONS TO KEEP EMPLOYEES HEALTHY WHILE AT WORK, CONDUCTED THREE COMMUNITY HEALTH CHALLENGES: A POKER WALK, A SCAVENGER HUNT HIGHLIGHTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES INFLUENCED BY HONU AND THE 11TH YEAR OF HOLIDAY TRIMMINGS. THE COMMUNITY CELEBRATED WALK TO SCHOOL DAY AND BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY, AND CONDUCTED A BIKE RODEO IN CONJUNCTION WITH FREE BIKES 4 KIDS. THE RESTAURANT RECOGNITION PROGRAM WAS REVAMPED INTO A SUSTAINABLE MODEL, THE DOWNTOWN ACTION TEAM ENHANCED THE DOWNTOWN WALKING EXPERIENCE WITH HISTORICAL BENCH PLAQUES AND ASSESSED THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY THE CHANGES THEY WANTED TO SEE DOWNTOWN. FINALLY, THE MENTAL HEALTH ACTION TEAM WORKED TO ADDRESS STRESS AMONG THE LOCAL FARMERS AND WITHIN WORKSITES.ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH THE RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION CENTER (RHTC), EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO DISSEMINATE OUR LEARNINGS FROM THE PROJECT. IN 2019, RHTC STAFF PUBLISHED TWO PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES, PRESENTED AT TWO NATIONAL CONFERENCES, PARTNERED WITH THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION TO PRODUCE A PODCAST FOR THEIR INNOVATION CENTER CASE STUDY SERIES, PRESENTED 8 WEBINARS SHARING SPECIFIC LESSONS LEARNED AND PROVIDED DIRECT ADVICE TO SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.

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