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Hospitals Battle For Control Over Fast-Growing Heart-Valve Procedure

Michael Vigil, an oil contractor from Douglas, Wyo., traveled 250 miles to Denver to have his aortic valve replaced in May. He said he would have preferred his local hospital do the procedure. (Courtesy of Michael Vigil)
Michael Vigil, an oil contractor from Douglas, Wyo., traveled 250 miles to Denver to have his aortic valve replaced in May. He said he would have preferred his local hospital do the procedure. (Courtesy of Michael Vigil)

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