Dr. Carl Vaughan

You're absolutely fine until you keel over.

And there are a number of electrical abnormalities that can be picked up on the ECG that would identify a future risk.

The statistics out there for sudden death in people under 35 is about 200 a year, apparently, in Ireland, which is very high.

Now, they wouldn't all be cardiac sudden deaths.

They would represent brain hemorrhages and other things as well.

Is it something everybody should do, do you think, before a certain age?

Well, I wouldn't be involved if I didn't believe in it, so I believe in screening.

I think you have to do it appropriately, though, and not over-screen and certainly not under-screen.

There's a sweet spot in every programme.

Well, absolutely.

Let's say your father had a heart attack at 45 and he wasn't a smoker.

The first thing you should do is get your cholesterol checked, make sure your blood pressure is normal, make sure you're not sitting on silent diabetes and take it from there.

Know your risk.

If your family history is very strong for colon cancer, you should get a colonoscopy.

It's as simple as that.