Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been placed in intensive care after undergoing an operation to replace a defective heart valve.
The procedure lasted four hours, Milan’s San Raffaele hospital said, giving no further details. But sources told Ansa news agency the operation had been a success. He is likely to take a month to recover.
Berlusconi, 79, served as prime minister four times but has since been convicted of tax fraud and bribery. He was admitted to hospital last week after suffering a heart attack his doctor said could have killed him.
: 2016-06-18 13:03:18 | : 1639