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Is it possible for a teen to develop a heart disease?
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Yes: Heart disease is vague term . Most of the time it congenital defects or valvular heart dz. Rare to have atherosclerosis. The adolesents that have CAD are usually brittle type 1 diabetics or have familial hyper cholesterolemia with cholesterol levels that are extremely high.
Answered 6/10/2014
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