In 1996 Michael DeBakey advised this Russian to have a bypass, prolonging his presidency & life
[DOC] [TLE] Debakey had his own Type II Dissection Repaired | Student Doctor ... [PAR] 31, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, then 97, was alone at home in Houston in his ... the 
president of Russia, to aid in his quintuple heart bypass operation.