Texas man's life saved by Apple Watch he was gifted"I was too cheap to buy it myself."
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A Texas man who was gifted an Apple Watch, may have had his life saved by its heart rate monitor.
The Watch notified Ray Emerson that he may have Atrial Fibrillation.
He visited his doctor, who told him the watch was right.
A Texas man was gifted an Apple Watch that may have saved his life, after the device's heart rate monitor notified him of atrial fibrillation.
79-year-old veterinarian Ray Emerson from Waco, Texas, was gifted the Apple Watch. According to CBS Austin:
"The watch dinged me," said Dr. Emerson. "I looked down and it said you are in atrial fibrillation."
The veterinarian immediately went to his doctor for an EKG. "Ray, he says, your watch is right. You are in atrial fibrillation," said Dr. Emerson.
Thanks to his Apple Watch and subsequent diagnosis, Dr. Emerson was able to have corrective surgery in South Austin. Dr. Jason Zagrodzky, a cardiac electrophysiologist, at Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia In...
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Texas man's life saved by Apple Watch he was gifted
