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An American surgeon consulting in the treatment of Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin said on Nov 6, 1996 that Yeltsin's doctors are delighted with the speed of his initial recovery from multiple bypass heart surgery on Nov 5. But as Yeltsin formally resumed his official powers, he was warned of the danger of trying to resume a heavy workload too soon

An American surgeon, consulting in the treatment of President Boris Yeltsin, said Wednesday that the Russian leader's doctors are delighted with the speed of his initial recovery from multiple bypass heart surgery Tuesday. But as Yeltsin formally resumed the official powers he had handed over to Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin for the period of surgery, the American heart specialist, Dr. Michael DeBakey, said he had personally warned the president of the danger of trying to resume a heavy workload too soon. Yeltsin, 65, had no evidence of neurological complications from the operation and 'was absolutely alert -- I didn't expect him to be that alert, and he was even joking a bit,' DeBakey said after joining Russian doctors in examining the president at a cardiology hospital Wednesday

President Boris N. Yeltsin came out of a seven-hour, multiple-bypass heart operation in a Moscow hospital Tuesday with his doctors declaring the operation a success. They said they were optimistic about the 65-year-old Russian leader's chances of resuming a full workload. At a news conference in the hospital an hour after the operation, the doctors said the surgery went without a hitch. Yeltsin's heart was stopped for 68 minutes at one phase of the operation. Yeltsin was reported in stable condition Tuesday in an intensive care unit, where he remained connected to an artificial respirator used during the operation. He opened his eyes early Tuesday evening but had not fully awakened from the anesthesia. Patients usually awaken from six to 18 hours after such surgery

Russian President Boris Yeltsin underwent a seven-hour, multiple-bypass heart operation in Moscow on Nov 5, 1996. Doctors said that the procedure went without a hitch and that they were optimistic that Yeltsin could resume a full workload

President Boris Yeltsin came out of a seven-hour, multiple-bypass heart operation in a Moscow hospital Tuesday with his doctors declaring the operation a success. At a news conference in the hospital an hour after the operation, the doctors said the surgery went without a hitch. Yeltsin's heart was stopped for 68 minutes at one phase of the operation. Dr. Renat Akchurin, 50, the surgeon who headed the team, said Yeltsin's heart muscle was now getting enough blood to function normally. But Akchurin said it would be another several days before Yeltsin is able to sign a decree resuming the presidential responsibilities that he turned over to Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin minutes before undergoing anesthesia at 7 a.m. The executive powers turned over to Chernomyrdin include control of Russia's nuclear arsenal

The Kremlin announced that Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin underwent a long-awaited multiple-bypass heart operation on Nov 5, 1996 at a cardiology institute in Moscow. Yeltsin signed over his presidential powers to Prime Minister Viktor S. Chernomyrdin before being anesthetized for the operation, which was expected to take several hours

Michael E. DeBakey, the American heart surgery pioneer, arrived in Moscow on Nov 3, 1996 for a meeting with Boris N. Yeltsin's doctors on Nov 4 to clear the Russian President for a heart bypass operation

Dr. Michael DeBakey, the American heart surgery pioneer, arrived here Sunday for a meeting with Boris Yeltsin's doctors today to clear the Russian president for a heart bypass operation. But Russian officials, maintaining a wall of secrecy, whisked DeBakey away before he could speak to reporters waiting at Moscow's Sheremetevo airport. In interviews from his office at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston last week, DeBakey said that if tests confirmed that Yeltsin was fit for the operation, it could be performed as early as Wednesday. However, in sharp contrast to DeBakey's specificity, a Kremlin spokesman was deliberately vague Sunday about the timing of the operation, saying it could happen anytime in the next several weeks

Michael DeBakey, the American heart-surgery pioneer, arrived here on yesterday for a meeting with Boris Yeltsin's doctors today to clear the Russian president for a heart- bypass operation. In interviews from his office at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston last week, DeBakey said that if tests confirmed that Yeltsin was fit for the operation, it could be performed as early as Wednesday. However, in sharp contrast, a Kremlin spokesman was deliberately vague yesterday about the timing of the operation, saying it could happen anytime in the next several weeks. Yesterday's hush-hush atmosphere in Moscow contrasted with DeBakey's arrival six weeks ago when he spoke to reporters before he examined Yeltsin. DeBakey was the first independent international consultant in Yeltsin's case. At a press conference following his examination, DeBakey greatly eased world concern over Yeltsin's health, by saying he expected that the 65-year-old leader would be ready for a multi-vessel coronary-bypass operation in 6 to 10 weeks if unassociated medical problems cleared up