American former professional basketball player Sean Elliott has credited Apple Watch for saving his life that warned him of an irregular heartbeat.
According to US-based TV station KSAT, Elliott paid no attention to his smartwatch because he had no recognisable symptoms.
“My watch kept telling me you’re in Atrial Fibrillation. It just kept telling me over and over again and I said, ‘there’s no way, I feel fine’. Thank goodness I was wearing my watch because imagine going a month or two with Afib and not knowing it because it wasn’t going away once it was diagnosed,” Elliott was quoted as saying.
“For four or five days, I just blew it off. But one morning, it told me two or three times, and I said, okay, I’m going to call Dr. Triana,” he added.
Elliot’s longtime cardiologist, Dr. Triana, called him immediately after taking the call and told him to get to the hospital. He underwent a successful cardioversion procedure that shocked his heart back into rhythm, the report mentioned.
“I’m just thrilled to be healthy right now and really looking forward to next year because there are going to be great things to come, I promise you that. Obviously with a kidney transplant, I’m living, breathing proof of what medical technology can do for you,” said Elliott.
“Get yourself checked or make sure you’re not in Afib like I was again. I had absolutely no idea,” he noted.
There were other instances where people credited the Apple Watch for saving lives and assisting wearers in difficult circumstances.
A man had credited smartwatch’s fall detection feature for saving his life by calling emergency services and his wife.
He fell from a ladder and hit his head, and his Apple Watch Series 8 called emergency services and his wife as fall detection kicked in.
Apple Watch had been credited for detecting an undiagnosed heart blockage in a woman.