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When Aiden Vayo found out that he had a rare genetic聽cardiomyopathy聽and an inherited聽arrhythmia聽syndrome, it actually came as a bit of a relief. Aiden was at least glad to know what was behind the palpitations.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a good idea to be your own health advocate, especially as you get older,鈥� says 19-year-old Abigail Gonzales. This realization was instrumental in helping Abigail get the treatment she needed for聽tachyarrhythmia.

Marvin and Amanda Benedict are self-described techies. They both work at Google, so they naturally love automation, and they joke that it鈥檚 fitting that their daughter now has an automated device.

For 11-year-old Sofia Montoya, learning to live her life with an聽Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator聽(ICD) was, in a word, hard.

William is described as a 鈥渘atural athlete鈥� by his mom, Aimee Sol. But behind the scenes there鈥檚 something that makes his boxing and athleticism a more extraordinary feat: the聽implantable cardioverter defibrillator聽he received through the top-ranked聽Heart Center听补迟听Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford聽and Stanford Children鈥檚 Health.