Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
University of Minnesota
Phillips-Wangensteen Bldg.
516 Delaware St.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 625-3600
E-mail: lhoke@umphysicians.umn.edu
Contact: Jay N. Cohn, MD, Director
Biomedical Field
Cardiovascular disease prevention
Business
Clinical services
Program services
The Rasmussen Center provides three distinct program services, including an initial
and follow-up screening/evaluation, consultation and, if needed, intervention
management.
The hallmarks of the Rasmussen Center include:
- Comprehensive cardiovascular assessment
- State-of-the-art diagnostic techniques
- Personalized clinical evaluation & consultation
Screening Procedures
A complete screening takes between one to two hours. Other than blood sampling, the
procedures are non-invasive, painless, require no preparation and take only a few
minutes each.
Tests include the following package of services:
- Health risk appraisal, personal/family history profile
- Cardiovascular examination
- Blood sampling for markers of cardiovascular risk
- Urine test for early evidence of blood vessel abnormalities
- Stress blood pressure response test
- Lung function test
- Photo of arteries in the eye
- Arterial contour analysis
- Special blood pressure test to detect arterial blockage
- Ultrasound screening of heart
- Electrocardiogram
Screening Follow-up
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