Can you detect heart problems ??
The detection of a pre existing Cardiac conditions such as Coronary Artery disease is very difficult. Patients maybe symptomless until the point of either Acute Myocardial Infarction ( Heart Attack), or tragically death.
The detection of Coronary disease is difficult but the use of exercise electrocardiograms which put the Heart under stress in a controlled situation is the usual starting point in the chain of diagnostic procedures. The development of Magnetic Resonence scanning for Coronary Artery disease will hopefully reduce the risk of future deaths by giving early warning, in people who are symptomless.
It is always so tragic to hear of a younger person dying of this disease, fortunately it is relatively rare.
Research from the Vietman war did show young soldiers of 19 to 25 developing the changes in artery structure which could lead to problems in later life