Blair to Have 'Routine' Heart Treatment
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he will undergo a medical procedure Friday to correct an irregular heartbeat, calling it a routine treatment that won't prevent him from seeking another term in office.
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair underwent a successful operation Friday to correct an irregular heartbeat and was recovering at home, a hospital official said.    Simon Wilde, a spokesman for Hammersmith Hospital in west London, also said Blair would have a "rapid and complete recovery" and there was a low risk the problem would recur...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he would enter the hospital for an operation to correct an irregular heartbeat that was first diagnosed a year ago and has recurred in the last two months.
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Britain's Tony Blair underwent heart  treatment Friday after a surprise pledge to serve a full third  term if he wins an election expected next year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will go to the hospital Friday for an operation to cure an irregular heart beat. Mr. Blair also has announced he intends to seek a full third consecutive term in office next
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Tony Blair will undergo a catheter ablation operation which will correct his heart&#39;s abnormal rhythm - a condition the Prime Minister has suffered from in the past.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is due to go into hospital for treatment to correct an irregular heartbeat, Downing Street has said. Mr Blair, 51, will be sedated during the non-invasive two-and-a-half hour procedure, called a catheter ablation.
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Tony Blair is to be admitted to hospital on Friday  for a procedure to correct a heart problem.
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LONDON Prime Minister Tony Blair underwent a successful medical procedure on his heart Friday, correcting an irregular beat that was diagnosed and first treated in October 2003.
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he would undergo a routine medical procedure Friday to correct an irregular heartbeat, a surprise announcement linked to treatment he had a year ago.    Blair said Thursday that the procedure would be carried out under local anesthetic, and would affect neither his job nor his plans to seek a third straight term in next year's elections...
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he will undergo a medical procedure Friday to correct an irregular heartbeat, a surprise announcement linked to treatment he had a year ago.    Blair also used the opportunity to end months of speculation about his leadership future by announcing that he intends to serve a full third term if his party is re-elected in national elections expected next year...
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Cardiologist Punit Ramrakha explained in a detailed statement why he is treating British Prime Minister Tony Blair for heart palpitations.
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Tony Blair was yesterday recovering from a relatively minor procedure to correct his recurring abnormal heart beat. He was back at home in Downing Street hours after undergoing the treatment having been expected
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was recovering in hospital tonight after undergoing treatment for a recurring heart condition. Chancellor Gordon Brown said the
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday underwent an operation to repair an irregular heartbeat, hours after he announced his intention to serve a full third term if Labour were re-elected.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair underwent a procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat Friday and was recovering, Britain's Sky News TV reported.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will  go into hospital Friday for a procedure to correct heart  palpitations but will be fully functioning and back at work  next week, his office said in a statement.