As the leading heart institute in western Canada, the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute has the best and brightest healthcare team to care for the most complex and chronic cardiac patients. Patients come to the Maz from not only Edmonton, but all over northern Alberta, northern British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
The Maz is also one of only a few heart institutes in North America equipped to accommodate both adult and pediatric heart patients. And the Maz is the only centre in northern Alberta to provide care to patients requiring advanced treatment for cardiac and respiratory failure.
To provide gold standard care that covers the diverse and personal needs of every patient, the Maz utilizes a broad, team based approach to patient care. Meetings are held twice a day in which doctors share the stage with social workers, dieticians, nurses, physiotherapists, rehabilitation specialists, pharmacists and other experts in related fields. This way, patients have their entire well being and health addressed by a multi-disciplinary team.