The Brooklyn reporter and podcast host got a notification last week from his Heart Watch app saying that his heart rate was higher than usual.
Despite sitting at his desk for several hours, his heart never fell below his usual resting rate of 54. The notification, along with a few other symptoms that Green had noticed during the week, prompted him to visit a doctor. A CT scan then showed that the 28-year-old New Yorker had a pulmonary embolism in his lungs, which if ignored for any longer would have been fatal. A pulmonary embolism occurs when arteries within the lungs are blocked by blood clots. Thanks to Green’s early notice of the condition, he was treated with blood thinners to break up the clots. The notification, along with a few other symptoms that Green had noticed during the week, prompted him to visit a doctor. A CT scan then showed that the 28-year-old New Yorker had a pulmonary embolism in his lungs, which if ignored for any longer would have been fatal. A pulmonary embolism occurs when arteries within the lungs are blocked by blood clots. Thanks to Green’s early notice of the condition, he was treated with blood thinners to break up the clots.
Despite sitting at his desk for several hours, his heart never fell below his usual resting rate of 54. The notification, along with a few other symptoms that Green had noticed during the week, prompted him to visit a doctor. A CT scan then showed that the 28-year-old New Yorker had a pulmonary embolism in his lungs, which if ignored for any longer would have been fatal. A pulmonary embolism occurs when arteries within the lungs are blocked by blood clots. Thanks to Green’s early notice of the condition, he was treated with blood thinners to break up the clots. The notification, along with a few other symptoms that Green had noticed during the week, prompted him to visit a doctor. A CT scan then showed that the 28-year-old New Yorker had a pulmonary embolism in his lungs, which if ignored for any longer would have been fatal. A pulmonary embolism occurs when arteries within the lungs are blocked by blood clots. Thanks to Green’s early notice of the condition, he was treated with blood thinners to break up the clots.