Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi left hospital yesterday, three weeks after an open-heart operation
Italy's controversial former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi underwent apparently successful open heart surgery on Tuesday, just over a week after a heart attack his doctor said could have killed him.
Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, one of Italy's richest and most polarising men, was hospitalised on Tuesday for a heart problem but his condition was not life-threatening, a spokesman said.
