Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), just a couple of days ago you activated the new ECG function of your brand new Apple Watch Series 4. It was one of the main novelties in the presentation of the new model of the smartwatch, and although they announced that it would take a while until it was available, it was, without a doubt, the sensation of the event.
Well, despite being available only on devices purchased in the United States, in 48 hours the first news of a person appears that this new role may have saved their life. And it is that thanks to the ECG carried out on his Apple Watch, he has been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation that he did not know.
A user has told us on Reddit, who, testing this novelty that comes from the hand of watchOS 5.1.2, discovered that the Apple Watch returned a possible cardiac arrhythmia as a result: an atrial fibrillation. Incredulous tried several times to perform the ECG on his partner, the result of which was repeatedly normalHowever, every time he repeated the test himself, the result was the same, that arrhythmia that requires medical treatment to avoid complications that can lead to death.
Seeing that the diagnosis was repeated over and over again, he went to an emergency department, where when he told them that his Apple Watch had diagnosed atrial fibrillation, they went directly to the consultation of an emergency doctor. There they performed a complete ECG, confirming the diagnosis. The doctor told him that he had read about this new feature of the Apple Watch the night before, and that he thought there would surely be new cases diagnosed by the apple watch, but that he did not think it would happen so quickly. In addition, he added that the Apple Watch would probably have saved his life. Atrial fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia that requires treatment because it can cause complications such as heart failure or thromboembolism that can lead to death.