Actress Julie Bowen reveals she obtained a pacemaker at age 29 for coronary heart situation

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At age 29, Julie Bowen obtained a pacemaker.

The "Trendy Household" alum made the revelation to host Michael Rosenbaum throughout a latest look on his podcast, "Inside of You."

The 55-year-old shared that she struggles with sick sinus syndrome, a coronary heart rhythm dysfunction that, based on Mayo Clinic , causes "sluggish heartbeats, pauses or irregular heartbeats."

"I've a low resting coronary heart fee," the actress stated on the podcast, noting her pacemaker is "set in order that it may possibly’t go beneath 45." Bowen advised Rosenbaum that, earlier than receiving a pacemaker, her resting coronary heart fee was within the 30s.

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At age 29, "Trendy Household" alum Julie Bowen, now 55, wanted a pacemaker. (Wealthy Polk/The Hollywood Reporter by way of Getty Photographs)

In keeping with the Cleveland Clinic , the common coronary heart fee for grownup girls is 78 to 82 beats per minute. The "regular" vary is between 60 to 100 beats per minute, it famous. In keeping with the outlet, a number of components, reminiscent of hormones, train and different life-style decisions can have an effect on your coronary heart fee.

"I used to be a runner all all through highschool," Bowen defined. "After which I used to be actually a aggressive runner. And I at all times had a very low coronary heart fee. And my sister was in med college. So, I suppose I had simply gotten out of school perhaps. … At the moment in her life, I suppose she at all times carried round a stethoscope.

"We had been on trip, and he or she was like, ‘I wish to hearken to this,’" Bowen recalled. "And he or she listened to my coronary heart, and he or she was like, ‘That's not what they have been telling you. And it isn't runner's coronary heart or no matter. … You have to go to a cardiologist immediately .’"

Julie Bowen and Tom Cavanaugh, stars of the TV present "Ed." (Gregory Tempo/FilmMagic/Getty Photographs)

Bowen’s sister, Annie Luetkemeyer, had simply graduated from medical college. She refused to surrender on the difficulty. Nonetheless, Bowen would insist to her involved sibling that "I’m effective."

A month later, Bowen shot the pilot episode of the TV series "Ed," which premiered in 2000.

"I shot the pilot of ‘Ed’ and instantly needed to go get a pacemaker afterwards," stated Bowen. "I used to be like, 'Oh my God. My life is over. That is so bizarre. I am gonna die.' I do not know what I believed it was as a result of I used to be 29."

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"Trendy Household" aired from 2009 to 2020. (Gregory Tempo/FilmMagic/Getty Photographs)

"You’re fortunate you did not die earlier than that," stated Rosenbaum.

"They stated I would not most likely die of it, however I might begin passing out," she defined. "There was a obscure feeling … at any time when I used to be relaxed, actually relaxed, I might be, like, watching TV or [a] film. It felt like I might been holding my breath for some time, that feeling of, like, lightheadedness.

"And so they stated, 'You are gonna be driving a automotive, and also you're gonna move out, and also you're gonna kill anyone.' And I used to be like, ‘Oh, effectively, then give me the g-----n pacemaker.’"