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Can children have heart failure?
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Yes: Yes, children can develop congestive heart failure. It can be due to congential causes like physiologic abnormalities or abnormalities of metabolism or other congential causes. It can also be due to toxin exposures or viral causes or other infections like kawasaki's disease.
Answered 8/12/2015
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Chf: CHF can occur at any age including infancy and childhood.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Heart failure: Hf can occur at any age, depending on the cause.
Answered 7/25/2013
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