20 years ago and you died of a heart attack. If you didn't you died of the next one. But medical science has come on no end and the treatment is working. The problem left is the spotting beforehand and it depends on how wise your Doc is.

"After" I had my heart attack- They went into my family history and it was thought that there was a Heart problem on my fathers side. That was 10 years ago and my daughters now have a yearly cholesterol check. No problems with them but I did inform my male cousin that I had not seen for years and I was a year too late- He had his bypass a year before I did.