A father of four has thanked his Apple Watch for "saving his life" after it helped him and the doctors find his "symptomless" heart illness.
This was after the man's heart stopped 138 times in 48 hours.
Apple Watch Saves Father's Life
David Last, the owner of the Apple Watch, reportedly started wearing it after receiving it as a birthday gift from his wife, according to 9to5Mac.
He observed that the electrocardiogram (ECG) function on his Apple Watch had started alerting him to extremely low heart rates, with readings as low as 30 beats per minute recorded 3,000 times.
The results were concerning because an adult male's typical resting heart rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute (bpm).
He told The Independent that his family has no history of cardiac problems, but his wife demanded they visit a doctor. They also initially believed that his Apple Watch was broken.
David Last received the findings of his MRI scan in July and was given a 48-hour ECG by his doctor to track his heart rate.
When the hospital contacted him to schedule a comprehensive examination, he became aware that something was wrong. A junction in his heart was deteriorating, which may have caused abrupt cardiac death, so the physicians informed him that he had a third-degree heart blockage.
His heart stopped 138 times in 10-second intervals over the course of 48 hours as he was lying on a hospital bed, most frequently while he slept.
He underwent heart surgery in August, and a pacemaker was implanted to assist each heart ventricle pump blood in unison and detect irregular cardiac rhythms.
Other Life-Saving Stories of Apple Watch
In 2021, a woman's Apple Watch alerted her to her abnormally low heart rate, which ultimately saved her life. She went to the hospital to get checked out, and it was discovered that she had a serious heart condition.
Patti Sohn, 68, of Oakville, Missouri, claimed she started wearing an Apple Watch after receiving one as a gift from her son.
She leads a healthy lifestyle, so Sohn claimed she was shocked when her wristwatch buzzed and alerted her that her heart rate had been below 43 for 10 minutes.
Sohn told KSDK that she examined the blood pressure monitor reading twice. She went to the Missouri Baptist Medical Center and was hospitalized in the advanced cardiac care unit after seeing that her heart rate was between 39 and 40 beats per minute.
Sohn claims that she was under constant observation until her heart rate returned to normal.
Sohn found out she had a second-degree atrioventricular block after being admitted to the hospital. She will need to use a pacemaker to regulate her heartbeat because of her cardiac issue.
Sohn said that she wouldn't have known about her cardiac problem if it weren't for the Apple Watch her son gave her.
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