Cassano is the heart and will operate 4 to 6 months out

The Milan has made official on its website that Cassano suffers a congenital malformation in the heart and should undergo surgery. The club considered "minor" surgery, so that Cassano will return to play "in 4, 5 or 6 months", according to Galliani.

AC Milan, according to medical reports Polyclinic of Milan, Antonio Cassano has said it has experienced a "brain ischemic damage based on neuroradiological and instrumental exams required for 72 hours."

The stroke suffered by Cassano did not translate, according to the club, in a persistent neurological deficit restricted, so that the gravity of the situation of Cassano is much smaller than feared.

The injury suffered by the striker would be the formation of a blood clot in a small vessel in the brain by a mild heart defect present in approximately 20% of the population. It's a hole less than 2 mm in diameter between the two atria of the heart, which can go unnoticed, even in the medical examinations are subjected to professional athletes.