In one instance, the monitor alerted the hospital after her heart stopped for 19 seconds while she was sleeping.Doctors diagnosed Thompson with a heart blockage and installed a pacemaker to help with her condition, the report said."It saved my life. If I hadn't had the alert I wouldn't have brought it up with the doctor. Now I wear the Apple Watch all the time," Thompson was quoted as saying."It was so scary knowing I could have died. I flatlined for 19 seconds. I might not have woken up," she added.Meanwhile, in October last year, Apple Watch had helped to detect rare cancer in a 12-years old girl.
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