Valve virtuosos / Heart surgeons from around the world gather in Missoula, Montana to debate latest tools and techniques. “Shootout in the Rockies.”

July 27, 2007

Two inventions have been compared and debated since they were invented decades ago. This year's Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium, which is sponsored by the International Heart Institute of Montana Foundation http://ihimontana.org/ , brought the debate to Missoula.

Titled “Shootout in the Rockies,” the 17th annual symposium highlighted the latest tools and techniques in heart valve surgery.

By TYLER CHRISTENSEN of the Missoulian

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