Arnold Schwarzenegger Reveals Major Surgery That Made Him 'A Little Bit More Of A Machine'
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The "Terminator" star is recovering after getting a pacemaker and couldn't help but compare his new ticker to the robotic one from his most famous franchise.
Arnold Schwarzenegger disclosed that he had open-heart surgery just last week.
The “Terminator” star, who has undergone several cardiac procedures before, announced Monday in his fitness-related newsletter, “Arnold’s Pump Club,” that he now has a pacemaker — and has become “a little bit more of a machine.”
“Last Monday, I had surgery to become a little bit more of a machine: I got a pacemaker,” he wrote in the newsletter, per ET. “I have to tell you, just saying this to all of you goes against so much of my upbringing in Austria, where nobody — ever — talked about medical issues.”
“Everything related to healthcare was kept to yourself,” Schwarzenegger, 76, continued.
The actor has been open about his bicuspid aortic valves, however, which according to Johns Hopkins Medicine is “a type of abnormality in the aortic valve in the heart.” Schwarzenegger said Monday that both his mother and grandmother died from this.