Alabama woman says ‘no doubt’ Apple Watch
atrial fibrillation detection saved her life
Zac Hall - Aug. 23rd 2019 8:49 pm PT @apollozac
FOX10 first shared Rowe’s story in which she declares it was the Apple Watch that prevented her from experiencing a life-threatening stroke. As someone living with asthma, Rowe dismissed shortness of breath when walking around her home as her condition worsening.
Anne Rowe’s husband gifted her with an Apple Watch at Christmas, however, so she thought to give the watch’s ECG app a try. Apple Watch Series 4 (review) launched last fall with a built-in electrical heart rate sensor that can capture an electrocardiogram reading through the wrist and fingertip using Apple’s ECG app.
Users without AFib typically see a cardiac rhythm called sinus rhythm, but Rowe’s Apple Watch detect AFib due to an irregular heartbeat. The Mayo Clinic describes AFib as an “irregular and often rapid heart rate that can increase your risk of strokes, heart failure and other heart-related complications.”
完整內文及來源：
https://9to5mac.com/2019/08/23/apple-watch-ecg-afib-saved-life/
FOX10 News - WALA
Woman has no doubt Apple Watch saved her life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_96eFGwrOk
因為手錶 ECG 一直測試到有 AFib 的狀況，半信半疑下還是去就醫，
最後做了心房手術，避開可能發生的嚴重後果。
可惜目前蘋果尚無在台灣開放此功能的跡象，
真的很有幫助的話，社會推動一下，應該能導入吧？