The Apple Watch, health and another user who appreciates the ECG function of the watch

And it is that we believe it or not the Apple smart watch is being the protagonist on numerous occasions for reasons related to the health of those who wear it. We have recent cases in which the possibility of calling an emergency with the clock saved the lives of some people or cases like the one at hand today in which the ECG function helped a user detect his heart problems and this saved his life.

In this case it is Phil Harrison, an Apple Watch Series 4 user who while he was training to perform the Brighton marathon felt that something was wrong with his heart and indeed when measuring by ECG the watch showed him that he had atrial fibrillation.

We all know that this atrial fibrillation is not a good thing but to better understand how our Apple Watch detects this I recommend you read this article from my partner Luis Padilla:

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In this case, Harrison explains that the arrival of this function in the United Kingdom came to him rather than painted to be able to detect this anomaly of his heart. In this case, according to his account, while he was training he noticed much stronger heart palpitations than usual, an ECG was performed at that time and the clock set him off the alarm. A posteriori he prepared to see his doctor to check these data and thanks to this he was advised not to compete in the marathon that "could have ended his life."

After two and a half months and numerous tests that have been performed on my heart, the doctors have decided that I have to undergo surgery to solve a problem with one of the valves of my heart. This is an operation that is performed with an open heart and also on an emergency basis, since I have been summoned for next July 3.

Can having this functionality available on your wrist be synonymous with saving your life? Well, that already enters a debate for sure but it is better to have it available than not to have it. This user shared his experience in the medium Reddit and he joins those who did the same when the watch detected that something was wrong with his heart.