Is it possible for a child/teen to have a heart attack?

Generally no: Children are at very low risk for heart disease and heart attacks. But if they have congenital heart disease, they are at risk for other illness related to the heart, such as heart failure.

Drug use: I agree with dr. Kim- it is rare for children to have heart attacks. Cocaine and some other drugs that affect your vasculature may cause heart attacks in children who use them. Just another reason to say no to drugs!

Rare but possible: Acute myocardial infarction is rare in childhood and adolescence. Children and teens can have a heart attack due to either an inflammatory condition of the coronary arteries or an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery. thrombotic coronary artery occlusion from kawasaki disease may occur in early childhood.

Heart attack child: It is possible, but is very very rare. Causes are different than for adults, ie. Not atherosclerosis.

Child heart attack: It is exceptionally rare for a child or teen to have a heart attack. Having said that, it is not impossible to have sudden cardiac death. Unlike a lack of blood flow, this problem is usually sue to a geneitc disorder known as ihss (idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis). It creates an obstruction to flow across the aortic valve. This is the kid who drops dead on the basketball court.