MedPage Today September 2, 2022
— Arrhythmia alerts can be nerve-wracking, but they’re not usually an emergency
Paul Chernoff was in the middle of a Zoom call this past June when his Apple Watch sent him an alert.
His heart rate had jumped to 142 beats per minute, and he might be in atrial fibrillation, or Afib, the alert said.
He felt fine — no dizziness, lightheadedness, or shortness of breath. But his brother has Afib that has proven difficult to treat, and a family friend who is a physician said it couldn’t hurt to go to the emergency department (ED).
So Chernoff, who’s in his early 60s, caught a ride to a nearby hospital in Virginia, where emergency doctors confirmed an episode of Afib....
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