Julie Bowen is opening up about the heart condition that led her to receive a pacemaker at age 29.
In an appearance on the “Inside of You” podcast released on Tuesday, July 1, the “Modern Family” star, 55, discussed being diagnosed with sick sinus syndrome, a heart disorder that caused her to have a low heart rate.
Bowen noted she was diagnosed soon after graduating college thanks to her sister, who was in medical school at the time. The actress always had a low heart rate, but when her sister listened to it with a stethoscope, she told Bowen, “You need to go to a cardiologist immediately.”
Bowen subsequently received her diagnosis and got a pacemaker under her armpit, right after shooting the pilot of her early 2000s NBC series, “Ed.”
“I was like, ‘Oh my God. My life is over. This is so weird. I’m going to die.’ I don’t know what I thought it was,” Bowen said. “I was 29 years old.”
