31.   He supports use of the beating heart operation.

32.   He has used it experimentally to seal sutured blood vessels and to stop bleeding from scar tissue, which often complicates repeat heart operations.

33.   He is expected to go to the Cardiology Center in Moscow for his heart operation.

34.   He was seeking a visa for an ailing aunt who needs a heart operation in the U.S.

35.   He said Bakley ran a lonely hearts operation, placing ads and corresponding with men by mail, and turning that into cash.

36.   He underwent a quintuple heart bypass operation in November, spent nearly two weeks in a clinic and was forced to cancel two international engagements.

37.   Heart bypass operations that require a deep chest incision could soon be done with no more than a skin cut.

38.   Her husband bought her the computer in February to give her something to do while she recovered from a heart operation she was scheduled to undergo.

39.   If his heart operation restores him to health, he should be able to keep Russia on track for the rest of his second and final term.

40.   If the new heart bypass operation becomes widely accepted, it will cut costs and allow patients to make a quicker and less painful recovery.