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Congestive heart failure and the family link
If any first-degree relatives (parents, siblings, or children) have or had diabetes, kidney disease, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, or other heart problems, you and your doctor need to be on the lookout for early signs of these conditions so steps can be taken to ward off heart failure. Parents with these conditions, whether or not they have heart failure, need to be aware that many of these are at least partly inherited. In these families especially, creating a healthful home is vital to preventing future illness.
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