Can a Smartwatch Save Your Life?
The advent of wearable devices that monitor our heart rhythms both excites and worries doctors.
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The advent of wearable devices that monitor our heart rhythms both excites and worries doctors.
>> Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, The New York Times Published: 01 Jun 2021 11:50 AM BdST Updated: 01 Jun 2021 11:50 AM BdST The advent of wearable devices that monitor our heart rhythms both excites and worries doctors. (Sean Dong/The New York Times) On a recent Saturday, my 87-year-old mother was feeling a bit woozy, so she pressed a button on the side of her Apple Watch to reveal her ECG, a recording of her heart’s electric rhythm. Thirty seconds later, three messages appeared on the watch’s screen. One showed the characteristic zigzag spikes of the ECG, or electrocardiogram. The second r...