Heart device saved many lives

50 years ago Lowell Edwards collaborated with a famous heart surgeon to create the world’s first artificial heart valve

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Lowell Edwards of Newberg inspects a heart valve, a device he designed in concert with Dr. Albert Starr in Portland.
   Fifty years ago Tuesday, a Portland doctor completed a medical procedure for the history books: the first successful artificial heart valve implant.



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