1.   Among the operations that might be postponed are those for cosmetic procedures, cardiac bypass surgery, heart valve replacements, hip replacements and colon surgery.

2.   DeBuc was not a viable candidate for traditional forms of heart surgery, such as angioplasty or cardiac bypass.

3.   PLC Systems is also testing the heart laser in two other studies, versus cardiac bypass surgery and as an additional procedure with cardiac bypass surgery.

4.   Two weeks later, after he had undergone cardiac bypass surgery, a stroke left him partly paralyzed and unable to speak.

5.   U.S. studies of the laser, versus cardiac bypass surgery and as an additional procedure with cardiac bypass surgery, are also underway, the company said.

6.   Kiemas has been treated by Perth heart specialists several times in recent years, including cardiac bypass surgery about two years ago.

7.   Yeltsin, who suffered two heart attacks last year, is due to undergo a cardiac bypass operation at a Moscow hospital later this month.