Over the next two weeks, five other patients who are 60 to 70 years old will undergo the same procedure.

China claims to have only 30,000 reported cases of patients now undergoing treatment, down from about 100,000 a decade ago.

Since 1980, more than 600 patients have undergone the procedure.

The remaining patients served as a control group and did not undergo special treatment.

About half of the problems occurred in patients undergoing surgery, he said.

The patient underwent his surgery in March 1990 at the age of three weeks.

The patient can live in the community but must undergo treatment, which may include drug therapy.

A report form is filled out for every patient undergoing heart surgery.

The patients undergoing this procedure can, in some cases, see for themselves the progress of their treatment.

Other patients have undergone this procedure as well with positive results.