“Berlusconi has almost died, it will be heart surgery for aortic valve replacement” – The Republic

“Berlusconi has risked his life, he almost died. He was in serious condition and he was aware of it. It will be a heart operation.” The diagnosis for the former prime minister of aortic insufficiency is “severe”, the aortic valve should be replaced: it will be operated by Ottavio Alfieri, chief of cardiac surgery at the San Raffaele, by next week, the open-heart surgery last 4 hours.

It ‘was the day of truth for Silvio Berlusconi, who had had heart failure, and on Tuesday he was admitted to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan. Now it turns out that the illness has hit Berlusconi already the night between Saturday and Sunday, but despite everything the leader of Forza Italy wanted to defer the admission to vote. “It was a few days that the president appeared tired but man who is generous, wanted first to exercise the voting right and duty and then hospitalized,” said his personal doctor Alberto Zangrillo during the press conference in the hospital to communicate the decision of ‘intervention.

Given the media pressure that for days weighs on family and inner circle of collaborators of Forza Italy, was dissolved on ‘yellow’ on the health of former premier. “Berlusconi will undergo surgery to replace the aortic valve – said the doctor – probably by the middle of next week. The valve replacement is a conventional cardiac surgery involving cardiopulmonary bypass and the” heart direct vision. After the intervention, “it is expected that Silvio Berlusconi accommodation in intensive care, where stazionerà for one or two days. So will be admitted to a regular hospital floor, where it will be monitored. After – added Zangrillo – will begin a period of rehabilitation which may redelivering a man that from the point of view of the viability, in all its features, will be better than before. “

He’ll be back to do the leader ? “I do not recommend it – said the prefessore – in a month but he can do whatever he wants. At the beginning, when he learned the news of the intervention, could not believe it – he told Zangrillo again – and in fact is an accident pretty unpleasant way. but then he took it with great courage and determination. After the stage where he had to metabolize the problem, did not have the slightest doubt, and entrusted himself to our responsibilities. ” The risks? The risk of the mortality “is around 2%, but here we are in a clinic of excellence, and the statistics in our country do not account for this,” he wanted to emphasize the primary. “In these days he rested, was quiet, determined, and finally did not work.” Despite Forza Italy continued to deny the possibility of surgery, the medical staff has communicated therefore the real health problems of former Knight. Zangrillo and other doctors at the clinic this morning have been at the San Raffaele a very important consultation with various luminaries of cardiology and cardiac surgery, to determine the way forward. At the hospital, even today, the Group continued to family visits and close associates as the lawyer Niccolo Ghedini, who arrived in via Olgettina to meet former prime minister. He tried also Denis Verdini, former partner of Berlusconi’s party (now leader of Ala), but was stopped because “the leader of Forza Italy can only receive visits from family members and close associates.”

Ghedini Wednesday had already left the room Berlusconi – a private suite that occupies most of the sixth floor of the pavilion of the San Raffaele D – all morning, along with the companion of the leader of Forza Italy, Francesca Pascale , and the eldest daughter Marina, who came back from his father around 12.30. Before reaching the suite on the sixth floor, where he was admitted, he only said: “S ta well, continuing the investigations.” Among those who visited Berlusconi also the chairman of Mediaset Fedele Confalonieri, together with the CEO of AC Milan Adriano Galliani. “And ‘there, he’s fine,” he said the number one Mediaset before leaving the hospital, referring to the state of health of the leader of Forza Italy, which has also received the views of Gianni Letta, his old arm right and Secretary to the Prime Ministers until 2011 when the mandates as prime minister Berlusconi.

the former prime minister was He seemed “very tired” to those who visited him. The investigations conducted by doctors these days are

been aimed at understanding the causes of heart failure. Initially the checks were scheduled to return to Milan for the afternoon of Monday: after initial investigations, however, doctors at the San Raffaele decided to hospitalize Berlusconi from the day later, on Tuesday. The times of hospitalization, estimated at the beginning in a couple of days at the most, you are then stretched longer than expected. Now the decision to proceed with the operation.

Topics:

force Italy

san raffaele

cologno Monza

Province of Milan

Starring:

Silvio Berlusconi

deborah bergamini

Albert Zangrilli

niccolo ghedini

Denis Verdini