Haryana dentist takes ECG on Apple Watch, finds SHOCKING results! Wife thanks Tim Cook
An Apple a day keeps the doctor away! But in the case of Nitesh Chopra, a dentist from Haryana, his Apple Watch made him visit the doctor just in time to save his life. Chopra, who is only 33 years old, assumed that his weakness may be a temporary stint but after taking an ECG reading on his wife’s Apple Watch, which he had gifted her, he was worried and immediately sought medical help. And because he trusted his little watch, he lives to tell us the story.
Nitesh had been feeling weak for a few days, which led his wife Neha Nagal to take a general reading of his health stats on her Apple Watch Series 6. The ECG reading showed signs of Afib alert, which led the couple ponder. Nonetheless, they ignored the initial few readings but after his last reading on March 12 when watch showed the same results, they deduced to visit the doctor. And that is when they found out that Nitesh’s main coronary artery was completely blocked.
“We ignored the readings thinking a young man in his early 30s can't have such arrhythmia. But our last reading on Saturday, March 12, was consistent with the previous alerts and made us believe that something was not right with my heart health and we should rush to the hospital,” says Nitesh when we asked about whether he believed the first few readings, or was skeptical of the data.
“Once we reached the hospital, the doctor did an ECG and we even compared it with the monitor. When I was in CCU, my wife and I were continuously comparing our Apple Watch reading with the monitor and they were in sync,” he adds.
The hospital then immediately admitted Nitesh and the same evening, they performed an angiography that showed his main coronary artery was completely blocked. He was eventually treated and Nitesh
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