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Apple Watch Alerted Runner to Serious Heart Problem

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In a new ad shared on its YouTube channel today, Apple highlighted how the Apple Watch alerted an athlete named Connor to signs of atrial fibrillation. Apple said doctors later uncovered that Connor had a congenital heart condition, which resulted in him having open-heart surgery, so the Apple Watch potentially saved his life.


After noticing he had a very fast heart rate while training for a triathlon, Connor used the ECG app on his Apple Watch, which detected signs of atrial fibrillation.

The ECG app comes preinstalled on the Apple Watch Series 4 and newer and all Apple Watch Ultra models, but it is not available on any Apple Watch SE models.

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nutmac said:
I love my Apple Watch for motivating me to stay fit.

I just wish Apple love it as much as we do and making more meaningful improvements to Apple Watch, watchOS, Apple Health app, and Fitness+.
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Agreed, I really want to see more focus on health features with the watch, Siri AI adds no real value to the AW for me.
The last time we got a new HW/sensor health feature was wrist temp with the S8, its long overdue and I am sceptic that the S12/U4 has any thing new to offer.
There have been SW changes for sleep apnea and hypertension and I like that ...
 
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nutmac said:
I love my Apple Watch for motivating me to stay fit.

I just wish Apple love it as much as we do and making more meaningful improvements to Apple Watch, watchOS, Apple Health app, and Fitness+.
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I finally gave up on the Apple Watch as a product last year. Lots of bells and whistles I don't use with a lack of watch face options, reduced durability, toy-like aesthetics and terrible battery life being the only mainstays of the product line. Apple's battery life solution was to offer marginal improvements for $400 USD more. My Coros bumps into stuff all the time and I have yet to even put a scratch on it in 9 months - and the battery lasts over two weeks.
 
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profwafflez said:
I finally gave up on the Apple Watch as a product last year. Lots of bells and whistles I don't use with a lack of watch face options, reduced durability, toy-like aesthetics and terrible battery life being the only mainstays of the product line. Apple's battery life solution was to offer marginal improvements for $400 USD more. My Coros bumps into stuff all the time and I have yet to even put a scratch on it in 9 months - and the battery lasts over two weeks.
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I love my Apple Watch. I get two days on a charge. It tracks my sleep, lets me drive my car, provides fall protection, vital monitoring and much much more.

As far as the “toy-like esthetics” not sure where that came from, but ok.
 
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I7guy said:
I love my Apple Watch. I get two days on a charge. It tracks my sleep, lets me drive my car, provides fall protection, vital monitoring and no much more.

As far as the “toy-like esthetics” not sure where that came from, but ok.
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might want to correct that typo highlighted above 😉

as for "toy-like", well, people are allowed to their opinion as you well know, personally, I find those kind of comments comical ...
 
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FatLouie said:
I always figured the heart only had so many built-in beats. When you reach that number, then time is up. I suppose that running for health increases that number count. A very good reason not to exercise, and to drink beer.
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Not just the heart but also the plumbing. The father of my ex-brother-in-law ran eight miles a day and ate vegan but died on the operating room table in his 60s because his arteries were brittle.

I am convinced its all genetics. My grandmother ate lard and lived well into her 90s. Her husband my grandfather ate lard and died of a heart attack in his 60s.
 
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GusJ said:
Recently i was alerted to have signs of hypertension on my Apple Watch and indeed i had stopped my medication for a while out of carelessness. This prompted me to start my medication again, got to give Apple credit for this one 👍
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How long had you stopped it for? Days, weeks, months before you became alerted as being symptomatic?
 
I7guy said:
I love my Apple Watch. I get two days on a charge. It tracks my sleep, lets me drive my car, provides fall protection, vital monitoring and much much more.

As far as the “toy-like esthetics” not sure where that came from, but ok.
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Another Apple Watch user here since 2017. Love the long health trends I’ve had from wearing the Apple Watch 24/7. I recently tried to go to a Casio G-Shock 5000U but … found I missed haptic alarm, ability for my loved ones to call me and reach me while I was sleeping (earplugs), ability to open my front door / apartment gates while jogging without my phone, driving my car, ability to leave my phone at home and still buy things / call 911, and I could fill a page of all the stuff I like about it.

As far as the toy-like - I love that I can step off of a plane on the other side of the USA and my watch is instantly updated and has perfect time (or Japan/Germany (which I’ve travelled for work)).

I get 3 days easy on my AWU3.

As I’m passing 40 - this health data is proving useful.
 
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BigMcGuire said:
Another Apple Watch user here since 2017. Love the long health trends I’ve had from wearing the Apple Watch 24/7. I recently tried to go to a Casio G-Shock 5000U but … found I missed haptic alarm, ability for my loved ones to call me and reach me while I was sleeping (earplugs), ability to open my front door / apartment gates while jogging without my phone, driving my car, ability to leave my phone at home and still buy things / call 911, and I could fill a page of all the stuff I like about it.

As far as the toy-like - I love that I can step off of a plane on the other side of the USA and my watch is instantly updated and has perfect time (or Japan/Germany (which I’ve travelled for work)).

I get 3 days easy on my AWU3.

As I’m passing 40 - this health data is proving useful.
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Thanks for your AWU3 assessment... appreciate it. I'll likely go with an Ultra when the next one is released.
 
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