Mandel`s `Terrifying` Health Scare Credits: vtliving TV presenter/comedian Howie Mandel`s recent heart scare left him "terrified" for his life. The 52-year-old Deal Or No Deal host was treated for an irregular heartbeat after collapsing on Monday (12Jan09) in a Toronto, Canada, hotel lobby. He is now back at home and reflecting on the experience. Mandel tells Access Hollywood, "They put you totally out, and they take those defibrillators, and they yell `Clear!`" But he has learned he didn`t suffer a heart attack: "The doctors said my heart is strong, and I did not have an attack. "I was terrified because I try to stay healthy, I work out, I eat well. To be in a public lobby of a hotel and start to feel dizzy and then have no memory after that - and to wake up in an ambulance - is terrifying."