Marathon Runner Discovers Heart Palpitations Through Apple Watch Heart Function
In June 2019, Phil Harrison, a 30-year-old man from the UK, took to Reddit to thank Apple for helping him discover some severe medical issues that could have threatened his life during a run. Initially, he considered himself to be in excellent health. But after his Series 4 Apple Watch detected a series of heart palpitations and warned him to see a doctor, he finally set up an appointment. There, he found atrial fibrillation, eventually leading to open-heart valve repair surgery a few months later, before he could run the marathon. It is suspected that if Phil had run the marathon, he would have done significant damage to his heart. In the thread, he stated that “…That without my Series 4 watch just giving me a little kick to get to A&E, I may not be here today….I would have done everything to run that marathon, which most likely would have killed me.”