Preventive Cardiology Program
The Preventive Cardiology Program in the Cardiovascular Research Center is designed to increase understanding and education about ways to prevent heart disease and to encourage preventive care.
Major interests of this program include:
- Precision medicine through genomics and bioinformatics.
- Novel tools for phenotyping.
- Risk stratification and modification.
Many deaths from heart disease are preventable. This is because people can change risk factors such as obesity, smoking, sedentary lifestyle, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, all of which can promote coronary heart disease. Every person should work with a healthcare professional to understand the risk in order to develop and implement strategies to reduce that risk.
Preventive cardiology professionals at Mayo Clinic are leaders in managing risk factors and developing individualized risk modification strategies. Using state-of-the-art electronic tools, including artificial intelligence and novel software applications (apps), a person's risk profile can be calculated automatically. With a clear understanding of personal risk, an individual can work with a healthcare professional to develop and implement strategies to lower risk.
Highly innovative ongoing investigations include:
- Discovery of novel biomarkers, genetic markers and artificial intelligence-based tools.
- Studies of exercise and sleep physiology.
- Epidemiology studies and clinical trials.
- Novel and effective strategies for cardiac rehabilitation assisted by technology.
- Advances in cardio-oncology and sports medicine for informative patient-centered decision-making processes at the point of care.
- Translating research findings into new strategies for risk prediction and more-effective therapies for risk modification to help change the natural history of heart disease and allow people to live longer and healthier lives.