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

Authors

  • 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

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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Publication History

Received: 04 November 2014

Accepted after major revision: 07 November 2014

Publication Date:
17 November 2017 (online)

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