Silvio Berlusconi hospitalized for heart condition

The condition is not life threatening but the Forza Italia leader will spend several days at the city’s San Raffaele hospital, the reports said.

The 79-year-old, who goveed Italy four times, underwent heart surgery in the US in 2006 to correct an irregular heart rhythm, a few weeks after collapsing at a political rally.

Berlusconi, who tus 80 in September, was said to have been feeling tired towards the end of the local elections campaign, and was showing signs of exhaustion on Sunday.

These signs intensified on Monday, La Stampa reported, prompting his doctor, Alberto Zangrillo, to suggest a hospital check-up.