Ariel Sharon
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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. The day before the planned procedure, Mr. Sharon suffered a second stroke that put him in the coma from which he has yet to emerge. Doctors say, though, that the second stroke was not the type linked to P.F.O., so closure would not have protected him from it. The stroke connection was spotlighted when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel was diagnosed with P.F.O. after a mild stroke, he was scheduled for a closure procedure. The day before the planned procedure, Mr. Sharon suffered a second stroke that put him in the coma from which he has yet to emerge.