According to the British “Independent” report, David Last, who lives in Norfolk, received an Apple Watch as a gift from his wife, and the watch may have saved his life.
When the 54-year-old started wearing the smartwatch as a birthday present, he suspected his wife might have bought a broken watch. Because the Apple Watch started warning him of an abnormally low heart rate. The watch recorded nearly 3,000 abnormal heartbeats of 30 bpm compared with data from healthy subjects.
Although David Last suspected something was wrong with the Apple Watch, his wife urged him to see a doctor. So, following his initial MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) examination in May, and the initial examination report in July, Daivd Last continued to conduct 48 consecutive ECG monitoring.
After the results came out, the doctor was so nervous that he called him five times in a row. Because the examination found that in that 48-hour ECG monitor, David Last’s heart “stopped 138 times at 10-second intervals.”
Doctors finally told him that he had asymptomatic but potentially life-threatening third-degree atrioventricular block (AVB)!
Atrioventricular block is when nerve impulses are blocked during atrioventricular conduction. Generally can be divided into incomplete atrioventricular block and complete atrioventricular block two categories. Incomplete atrioventricular block includes First degree AVB and Second degree AVB; Second degree AVB auscultation rhythm is regular or not, depending on the ratio of atrioventricular conduction. Third degree AVB, also known as complete atrioventricular block, can be located in the atrium, atrioventricular node, Hi’s bundle and left and right bundle branches.
Finally, following an emergency appointment, doctors placed him in a percutaneous cardiac rhythm regulator (TCP) in August
David Last said, “If Sarah hadn’t bought this birthday present, I might not be alive today. This is something that has touched my life for the rest of my life. In the future, I will always wear Apple Watch except for charging time.”
