About the Authors

Maximilian G. Posch

posch@dhzb.de

Affiliations Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Stephan Waldmuller

Affiliation Institute for Heart and Circulation Research, Dortmund, Germany

Melanie Müller

Affiliation Institute for Heart and Circulation Research, Dortmund, Germany

Thomas Scheffold

Affiliation Institute for Heart and Circulation Research, Dortmund, Germany

David Fournier

Affiliation Computational Biology and Data Mining Group, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Miguel A. Andrade-Navarro

Affiliation Computational Biology and Data Mining Group, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Bernard De Geeter

Affiliation Service de Cardiologie, Clinique Sainte Odile, Strasbourg, France

Sophie Guillaumont

Affiliation Institut Marin Saint Pierre, Palavas Les Flots, France

Claire Dauphin

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Dany Yousseff

Affiliation Hôpital d'Enfants, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France

Katharina R. Schmitt

Affiliation Department for Congenital Heart Disease/Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Andreas Perrot

Affiliation Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Felix Berger

Affiliation Department for Congenital Heart Disease/Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Roland Hetzer

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Patrice Bouvagnet

Affiliation Laboratoire Cardiogénétique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France

Cemil Özcelik

Affiliation Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGP SW MM TS MAA-N AP PB CÖ. Performed the experiments: MGP SW MM TS. Analyzed the data: MGP SW MM TS DF MAA-N AP RH PB CÖ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGP SW MM TS BDG SG CD DY KRS FB RH PB CÖ. Wrote the paper: MGP SW DF MAA-N AP FB RH PB CÖ. Recruitment of patients: MGP BDG SG CD DY KRS FB RH PB.