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Thromb Haemost 2015; 113(03): 668-670
DOI: 10.1160/TH14-11-0913
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Recurrent spontaneous coronary dissections in a patient with a de novo fibrillin-1 mutation without Marfan syndrome

Philipp von Hundelshausen
1   Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
2   German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
,
Konrad Oexle
3   Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
4   Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
,
Kiril Bidzhekov
1   Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
2   German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
,
Martin M Schmitt
1   Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
2   German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
,
Michael Hristov
1   Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
2   German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
,
Xavier Blanchet
1   Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
2   German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
,
Harald Kaemmerer
5   Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, German Heart Centre Munich, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
,
Gabor Matyas
6   Center for Cardiovascular Genetics and Gene Diagnostics, Foundation for People with Rare Diseases, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Thomas Meitinger
2   German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
3   Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
4   Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
,
Christian Weber
1   Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
2   German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
› Author Affiliations Financial support: This research was supported by Deutsche Forschungs - gemeinschaft (DFG SFB 1123-A1/A2 to P. v. H./C. W.), the European Research Council (ERC Advanced Grant 249929 to C. W.), and the Leducq Network CVGeneF(x).
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Received: 04 November 2014

Accepted after major revision: 07 November 2014

Publication Date:
17 November 2017 (online)

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