My father just had a heart attack at the age of 51 which has now uncovered some hereditary heart disease in my family. I am a new dad at the age of 26 and I now have some questions about my future since my dad has gone through this unexpected problem (although he has had about 35 yrs of smoking before this). I exercise semi regularly ( 2 or 3 times a week including running about 4 mi. a week), don't smoke but do drink (sometimes excessively). I have noticed some heart palpitations in the past after a night of binge drinking which had me quite worried for about 2 yrs before I cut back on the partying. Also now a days I have noticed that I've had a noticeable amount of muscle twitching (arms, chest, shoulders, back) in the past couple months with no pain or anything, just twitches. I was wondering if getting an EKG done on myself would be a silly thing to do at my age just to see how my heart is doing or is it a good idea? I would appreciate any responses and thank you