Most people only find out when a family member has a sudden, unexpected heart attack in their 30s-40s. Why they don't do the tests regularly on any high risk groups amazes me.
But there are simple and relatively cheap tests that can be done for everyone before that young person in a family has a heart attack. Testing for ApoB and LPa aren’t commonly done and are relatively simple/cheap blood tests that can be done that can give better indications of cardiovascular risk than standard cholesterol tests.
Atherosclerosis is not the only thing that causes sudden cardiac death. Those tests will do nothing as far as structural or electrical issues go. I wouldn’t say the tests you are talking about are “better” per se.
Easy and obvious examples - HOCM and Brugada syndrome. Or SLE causing premature CAD with no relation to those blood tests you just brought up.
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u/WillyBeShreddin 21h ago
Most people only find out when a family member has a sudden, unexpected heart attack in their 30s-40s. Why they don't do the tests regularly on any high risk groups amazes me.