Blair Ordered Rest over Irregular Heartbeat

World | October 20, 2003, Monday // 00:00

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has suffered from an irregular heartbeat and ordered to rest for 24 hours after he was hospitalised for five hours on Sunday. This is the first time that Tony Blair complains of heart problems or what doctors diagnosed as supra ventricular tachycardia - a condition that causes heartbeat irregularities and shortness of breath. He has been treated with a procedure called cardio version, which uses a small electric shock to make the heartbeat return to normal. Analysts comment that Blair has been under great stress in recent months, particularly after the strains of the war in Iraq.

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