Edmonton patients benefiting from new minimally invasive heart surgery program

Less scarring, quicker recovery times and fewer days in the hospital are among the benefits of a new program that is changing the way cardiac surgeries are performed at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute.
The minimally invasive surgery program has been up and running at the institute in Edmonton since May, with 10 patients now having undergone successful procedures to fix valves or repair defects.
Traditionally, such surgeries are performed by cutting open a patient’s chest to give th