Ex-Italy PM Berlusconi in hospital

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to hospital after a "cardiac deficiency".

Silvio Berlusconi

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to hospital after a "cardiac deficiency". (AAP)

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to hospital in Milan for a heart problem but his condition is not life threatening, a spokeswoman for his party says.

The 79-year-old centre-right leader was prime minister four times.

San Raffaele hospital said in a statement that the stay in hospital was necessary after what it called a "cardiac deficiency".

Berlusconi, who had a pacemaker implanted in a US hospital when he was 70, would undergo tests "in the next few days" to determine the proper therapy, the hospital statement said.


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