Ventricular tachycardia care at Mayo Clinic
Your Mayo Clinic care team
At Mayo Clinic, a team of doctors trained in heart conditions (cardiologists), heart surgery (cardiovascular surgeons) and heart rhythm disorders (electrophysiologists) works together to provide care for people with tachycardia. Mayo Clinic's campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota each offer a Heart Rhythm Clinic staffed by cardiologists trained in evaluating and treating heart rhythm disorders.
Advanced diagnosis and treatment
Mayo Clinic specialists use advanced mapping systems, including multielectrode mapping and 3D heart mapping, to treat tachycardia and other heart rhythm disorders.
At Mayo Clinic, cardiac MRI can be done on people with existing pacemakers or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). Cardiac MRI can help diagnose and treat ventricular tachycardia more accurately.
Innovative research
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed several advances in tachycardia care. They study ways to improve tachycardia outcomes.
Expertise and rankings
Mayo Clinic's cardiovascular surgery and cardiovascular medicine departments are consistently recognized by external organizations for providing outstanding patient care. These endorsements reinforce our commitment to providing expert, whole-person care to everyone who needs healing.
Mayo Clinic cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons have extensive experience diagnosing and treating arrhythmias, including ventricular tachycardia. Each year, Mayo Clinic care providers treat nearly 4,200 people with ventricular tachycardia.
Nationally recognized expertise
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for heart and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic Children's Center in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023-2024 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.
Mayo Clinic is recognized for high-quality cardiology and heart surgery subspecialty care, research and education by a variety of national organizations:
- Intersocietal Accreditation Commission Echocardiography. Mayo Clinic has been accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission Echocardiography in the areas of adult transthoracic, adult transesophageal and adult stress echocardiography. Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota also has been accredited in pediatric transthoracic, pediatric transesophageal and fetal echocardiography.
- Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs in cardiac catheterization.
Learn more about Mayo Clinic's cardiovascular surgery and cardiovascular medicine departments' expertise and rankings.
Locations, travel and lodging
Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.
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Costs and insurance
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