31.   An American senator flies to Moscow to perform emergency heart surgery on Russian President Boris Yeltsin, snatching the foreign leader from the jaws of death.

32.   An allergic drug reaction last spring almost killed him as he was prepared for heart surgery.

33.   An anti-fungal medicine and a cholesterol-lowering drug can decrease complications and costs associated with heart transplant surgery, new studies say.

34.   And Target Therapeutics of Fremont soared after Boston Scientific agreed to buy the maker of angioplasty products for heart surgery.

35.   And traditionally, open heart surgery has required about one or two pints of blood, and hip surgery has needed about four pints.

36.   And when she heard that the baby needed open heart surgery, she assumed that he would not live.

37.   And when is heart surgery that can make a patient more comfortable, but is unlikely to extend life, a cost-effective choice?

38.   Archbishop Patrick Flores, the head of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of San Antonio, underwent seven artery bypasses during successful, emergency heart surgery in March.

39.   As with many operations, including open heart surgery, doctors who perform laser eye surgery get better with practice.

40.   As he rests and prepares for heart surgery, rival Kremlin factions are jousting for power.