With one of the longest-running heart transplant programs in the world, University of Minnesota surgeons have performed almost 500 heart transplants since 1978.
 
High Success Rates
The survival rate for patients (75 percent at seven years post-transplant) is well above national averages. Our longest-living heart transplant recipient was transplanted over 25 years ago. In addition to caring for patients awaiting transplants and newly transplanted recipients, the transplant program staff and the physicians of the University of Minnesota will provide ongoing lifetime care to numerous heart transplant recipients.

Our experience and innovation have enabled most patients to leave University of Minnesota Medical Center less than two weeks after heart transplantation.
 
Learn more about the heart transplant program