Blair in hospital after heart scare

British Prime Minister Tony Blair suffered an irregular heart beat yesterday and was treated in hospital, his office said. A Downing Street spokesman said doctors regulated Blair's heart beat at a London hospital and the procedure was a success. "It...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair suffered an irregular heart beat yesterday and was treated in hospital, his office said.

A Downing Street spokesman said doctors regulated Blair's heart beat at a London hospital and the procedure was a success.

"It was established that he had an irregular heart beat," the spokesman said. "He was in hospital for four to five hours and he is now back in Number 10 (Downing Street)."

Mr Blair underwent a procedure called cardio-version, where an electrical shock is delivered to the heart to return it to its normal rhythm.

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