The stroke connection was spotlighted when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel was diagnosed with P.F.O. after a mild stroke on Dec. 18 ; he was scheduled for a closure procedure in early January .
Ariel Sharon /people/person/nationality Israel
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