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Can a person have a heart attack at 19?

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Yes. It Can happen to anyone at any age

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Yes Its possible as someone said The 22 yo bball player who coked up, Consider "other Heart problems which would be more realistic... Read the story today of a 16 yo from the UK he's played football with his team (he was 14 then) after school was feeling a little funny after practice, so he went to his Mum's office she works in a doctors... and she listened to his heart with her Brand new stethescope and heard a murmur ( just an off sound) that he never had before, so They did some tests Xray Echo Cardiograhm and found he had "coartion of his Aorta Which it the biggest Artery that all the blood has to go through to get out to the body .... he was only 14 then 16 now they did a cath up his femoral artery and opened a "stent" so basicly he had when they would do if you had a heart attack these days

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Yes. High stress, poor diet, & low activity can all contribute to a heart attack at an early age.

  • 2 years ago

    A heart attack can happen to anyone. To protect your heart, make exercise a regular habit. Vigorous walking, if practiced from youth on, would in itself drastically reduce the disability and early deaths due to coronary heart disease.

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  • 2 years ago

    Generally heart attacks at that age are due to very specific issues (not the typical plaque build up) such as cardiac anomalies, genetic issues, and things like cocaine use which causes coronary artery spasms (transient closures). Sudden death is usually an anomaly and is not a classic heart attack.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Of course, you can have a heart attack at nineteen.

  • Tulip
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Yes it has happened before

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    they could if they have heart problems or other medical problems

  • .
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    A pro basketball player named Len Bias died of a heart attack caused from a cocaine overdose at age 22. So it's possible.

  • 2 years ago

    if the person smokes a lot or is under a lot of stress a heart attack can happen thats what ive heard

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