 Do you have a family history of heart disease? Angie Vaughn did, leading her to seek preventative care at Cookville Regional, giving her a new outlook on life. I don't think I had any symptoms. I just went to see Dr. Brunton so he could tell me that everything was going to be fine. That wasn't the case. There was a genetic test available. It's painless and fairly inexpensive. After I tested positive for the gene mutation, we ended up in the cath lab. I had two blockages, and one of those blockages was in the widowmaker, and that is what had taken my father's life. I ended up having open heart surgery.