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2 sisters, 7 years apart in age, also receive heart transplants 7 years apart in Chicago

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Abbey Cannon and Meredith Everhart both received heart transplants at the same age.

Both sisters suffer from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—otherwise known as HCM .

The genetic condition is a form of heart disease that causes the heart muscle to thicken.

Cannon: "Had we not had someone that gave that most selfless gift, neither of us would be here".

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