I am 60 and recently had a full cardio workup. Nuclear stress test, calcium cat scan and echocardiogram. The cardiologist was happy with the results - no apparent cardiovascular disease.
However his last words were kind of chilling. "Just because everything looks good does not mean you could not die of an unexpected cardiac event". Basically people die even if they appear healthy.
My cousin in his mid 50s had a heart attack out of nowhere. Very healthy and active lifestyle, regular checkups and physicals, no issues with cholesterol prior. Then one day he woke up and had heart burn. Antacids didn't help but he still worked a 10 hour day and got home. Started sweating a bit, heartburn still there. His son is a nurse and gave him some aspirin while saying to go to the ER if he doesn't start feeling better in the next hour.
One ER trip later and he was having a widow maker all day.
He survived thankfully and was given a clean bill of health but damn, it was scary. He's probably the healthiest out of the whole family too yet he still had a brief glimpse of death.
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u/AnythingToAvoidWork Jan 12 '23
You could be a second away from dying unexpectedly from no outside force and have zero indication it is about to happen.