MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATS Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATSI), manufacturer and marketer of state-of-the-art cardiac surgery products and services, today announced its participation in the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and related company-sponsored events. The meeting runs January 24-28, 2009, in San Francisco, California, and serves as one of the year's key gatherings of cardiovascular surgeons from around the world.
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ATS Medical continues to expand its cardiac surgery product portfolio, and this meeting provides an excellent opportunity to display its array of offerings for heart valve therapy and surgical ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. The ATS CryoMaze(TM) system for surgical cryoablation will be prominently featured. Surgical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias is a topic of great interest for surgeons and increasing numbers find the ATS CryoMaze system to be their product of choice. ATS is sponsoring "Frontiers in Cryoablation," a symposium designed to provide a unique forum for sharing experiences among physician attendees. ATS Medical's Cryoablation Scientific Advisory Board members will lead the open discussion in a question and answer format. The symposium will be held on Sunday, January 25th at 7:00 pm at the Marriott San Francisco.
The ATS exhibit will also focus on the company's flagship ATS Open
Pivot(R) mechanical heart valve franchise, including its newest iteration, the
ATS Open Pivot(R) AP360(TM), as well as its newly-approved ATS 3f(R) Aortic
Bioprosthesis tissue valve. The AP360(TM) valve's unique open pivot design
results in exceptional performance and a low risk profile while the A
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