620,000 Brits at risk of ‘sudden death’ because of faulty gene

‘More than half a million Brits are believed to have a faulty gene that means they are at a greater risk of developing heart disease or succumbing to sudden death, a charity has warned.
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) said an estimated 620,000 people have the gene and most are unaware.
This figure is 100,000 times higher than was previously thought and the true number is likely to be even higher due to underdiagnosis and undiscovered faulty genes, the charity said.
In a press statement, the BHF said the condition can affect people of any age and that a child of someone with an inherited heart condition has a 50 percent chance of also inheriting it.’
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