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Berlusconi has US heart surgery | |
(about 10 hours later) | |
The former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, 70, has undergone heart surgery in the United States. | |
His party Forza Italia said the operation, carried out in Cleveland, Ohio, was necessary to correct Mr Berlusconi's irregular heart rhythm. | |
His heart problems emerged last month when he collapsed at a political rally. | |
Italian media suggested he had gone to the US to be fitted with a pacemaker. The surgeon confirmed that the surgery was successful, Forza Italia said. | |
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi sent a message of goodwill to his rival. | |
"Dear Silvio, I am relieved to know that the operation that you have undergone in these hours in the United States has been successfully completed," it said, according to a text released by his office to Associated Press. | |
Mr Berlusconi, who is leader of the centre-right opposition and Italy's richest man, admitted last month that he should "slow down". | |
He made the comments after leaving hospital, where he spent three days after collapsing during a speech he was making to his party in Tuscany. | |
Doctors said they detected an irregular heartbeat. | Doctors said they detected an irregular heartbeat. |
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