Minnesota children's hospital opens heart center

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota is opening its new cardiovascular center for treating children with heart problems.

The company says the center on the fourth floor of its Minneapolis hospital will be the only one of its kind in the Upper Midwest. The grand opening is scheduled for Monday evening.

The new facility will include 19 private rooms, a catheterization lab, cutting edge technology and on-site cardiac care experts devoted to pediatric cardiac care 24/7.

The hospital says that putting all the cardiac-care facilities together reduces the risks of transporting patients and makes for a more pleasant recovery.

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Children's is already the largest provider of pediatric cardiovascular services in the region and it expects those services to grow with the opening of the new center.

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