Literally saved my life! – Kardia Review

I first began using the Kardia monitor in January 2019 because I was having very occasional moments of slight lightheadedness, almost unnoticeable. I was a little concerned because my mother had a stroke at about my age, and I was already on blood pressure medication. Even though I was feeling fine, I got the Kardia monitor and began using it occasionally. I was getting normal readings, so that put my mind at ease. Then one day it alerted me that I had Bradychardia (slow heart rate) and few days later “Possible Afib”. At the same time , my lightheaded spells began to occur more frequently, so I began to take my EKG on a more regular basis. I started to notice skipped heartbeats on readings labeled “unclassified “ and could also see a correlation between the skipped beats and my lightheaded moments. One day I had a long pause between beats that covered the width of my phone, so I made an appointment with my cardiologist. He put me on a heart monitor for 7 days, and the first night I wore it, I had a call in the middle of the night. My heart was pausing for as long as 8 seconds and my heart rate had dropped to 20. They told me to go to the ER immediately, because I had a very serious problem. I had to have a pacemaker implanted in my heart that same day. During those months leading up to that day and even when I walked into the ER, I felt fine. But I could have died in my sleep at any time if that little Kardia monitor had not alerted me that I had a problem. My cardiologist even said that little device saved my life because without it, I wouldn’t have known anything was wrong until it was too late. I am so grateful for this wonderful technology!
Review by SecondMile on Kardia.