The Apple Watch has yet again proven itself a worthwhile investment, prompting one Austin man to seek help when he wouldn’t have otherwise.
Like many people, Mike Gomez had purchased an Apple Watch for its more obvious health features, such as tracking his workouts and calories burnt. What it wound up doing, instead, was saving his life.
In January, Gomez’s Apple Watch warned him that his heart rate was high. Shortly after, he received five other notifications warning him that he was in atrial fibrillation.
Atrial fibrillation, or Afib, is an irregular heartbeat where the upper chambers of the heart begin beating erratically. The condition is often responsible for leading to blood clots in the heart, increasing the risk of heart attack, stroke, and heart failure.
Source: Apple Watch credited with saving Texas man’s life
