The Maz supports collaborative zone programs including minimally invasive valve replacement.

Dr. Jeevan Nagendran is a cardiac surgeon at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, specializing in minimally invasive valve replacement surgery.

For cardiac patients who are too frail, due to health or age, to survive open heart surgery, minimally invasive surgery is literally life-saving.

A leaky heart valve causes your heart to work harder than it should, eventually leading to heart failure.

Dr. Nagendran is also conducting research into developing a new type of replacement heart valve that doesn’t wear down over time.