Heart patients here are six times more likely to have a coronary bypass.

Thomas had finished his only coronary bypass for the day.

He was one of the first to perform coronary bypass operations.

In 1980 he stepped down after having a coronary bypass operation.

Women also do not fare as well after coronary bypass surgery.

He underwent coronary bypass surgery in 1979 and last year.

Coronary bypass surgery and many other operations fall somewhere in between.

He died of complications from a coronary bypass operation, his family said.

After another heart attack and further coronary bypass surgery in 1981, he stood down at the 1983 general election.

Not long ago, such findings typically led to coronary bypass surgery.

She is now returning to the courts after a coronary bypass operation.

But they said a coronary bypass operation is statistically the most likely possibility.

If the heart arteries are involved, a coronary bypass is also performed.

Two months after the latest attack, he underwent coronary bypass surgery.

The study found no difference for coronary bypass surgery.

He died on February 2, 1991 of complications during coronary bypass surgery.

The subjects of the study were 162 men who had undergone coronary bypass surgery.

The procedure often is performed as an alternative to coronary bypass surgery.

Among their findings: only 56 percent of coronary bypass operations appeared justified.

He had also been referred for a coronary bypass.

Frequently, it is performed along with coronary bypass surgery, occasionally alone.

The report cards reveal the rate at which patients die during or immediately after coronary bypass surgery.

Two years later, another patient received a coronary bypass, though the cardiologist's report said it was not necessary.

The continuing increase in the number of coronary bypass operations performed each year has also come under scrutiny.

Blacks are also far less likely than whites to get such procedures as coronary bypass surgery.