New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- Heart diseases have become a great concern since cases of youngsters having heart attacks started being reported.

Dr Naresh Trehan, CMD, Medanta Hospital, speaking to ANI, explained how to identify if you are at a higher risk of heart disease.

"Know your genes; if your parents, either of them, have heart disease, or your uncle or your grandparents had heart disease, that means the chances of you getting heart disease are double those of the normal population," he said.

He further emphasised getting a heart checkup done in your 20s, saying, "For such people, we say get your first risk factor analysis or preventive checkup before the age of 25. Early detection makes disease controllable. We can actually make the ho...