With heart disease as the second leading cause of death in Canada, the importance of multidisciplinary research laboratories like the Servier Virtual Cardiac Centre (SVCC) cannot be understated.

The only centre of its kind in Canada, the SVCC allows healthcare professionals at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute to view 3D imaging of the heart. This critical information opens a world of treatment possibilities, including allowing doctors to predict surgical and interventional outcomes for diseases of the heart.