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FILE – In this Wednesday, May 21, 2014 file photo, Silvio Berlusconi talks during the recording of a TV show in Rome. Doctors say former Premier Berlusconi is suffering a serious case aortic insufficiency and will undergo surgery to replace the valve. Berlusconi’s personal doctor, Alberto Zangrillo, told reporters on Thursday, June 9, 2016, that the 79-year-old billionaire businessman will be ‘’better than before’’ after the four-hour surgery, which will take place before the middle of next week. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) Getting your player ready...
Andrew Medichini, Associated Press file
FILE - In this Wednesday, May 21, 2014 file photo, Silvio Berlusconi talks during the recording of a TV show in Rome. Doctors say former Premier Berlusconi is suffering a serious case aortic insufficiency and will undergo surgery to replace the valve. Berlusconi’s personal doctor, Alberto Zangrillo, told reporters on Thursday, June 9, 2016, that the 79-year-old billionaire businessman will be ‘’better than before’’ after the four-hour surgery, which will take place before the middle of next week. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)ROME — A Milan hospital says Silvio Berlusconi, who served three times as Italian premier, is undergoing heart surgery.
The 79-year-old media mogul was admitted to San Raffaele hospital on June 5 suffering from what his doctors said was a potentially fatal heart-valve problem.
The surgery which began Tuesday morning was expected to take about four hours. Berlusconi’s personal doctor, Alberto Zangrillo, was attending the surgery to replace the aortic valve, which wasn’t closing properly.
