About the Authors

Maxime Rotival

Contributed equally to this work with: Maxime Rotival, Tanja Zeller, Philipp S. Wild

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6) and Medical School, Paris, France

Tanja Zeller

Contributed equally to this work with: Maxime Rotival, Tanja Zeller, Philipp S. Wild

Current address: Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Affiliation II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Philipp S. Wild

Contributed equally to this work with: Maxime Rotival, Tanja Zeller, Philipp S. Wild

Affiliation II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Seraya Maouche

Affiliation Medizinische Klinik II, Universität Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Silke Szymczak

Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Universität Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Arne Schillert

Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Universität Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Raphaele Castagné

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6) and Medical School, Paris, France

Arne Deiseroth

Affiliation II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Carole Proust

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6) and Medical School, Paris, France

Jessy Brocheton

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6) and Medical School, Paris, France

Tiphaine Godefroy

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6) and Medical School, Paris, France

Claire Perret

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6) and Medical School, Paris, France

Marine Germain

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6) and Medical School, Paris, France

Medea Eleftheriadis

Affiliation II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Christoph R. Sinning

Current address: Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Affiliation II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Renate B. Schnabel

Current address: Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Affiliation II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Edith Lubos

Current address: Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Affiliation II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Karl J. Lackner

Affiliation Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Heidi Rossmann

Affiliation Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Thomas Münzel

Affiliation II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Augusto Rendon

Affiliations Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge and National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, United Kingdom, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cardiogenics Consortium
Jeanette Erdmann

Affiliation Medizinische Klinik II, Universität Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Panos Deloukas

Affiliation Human Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Christian Hengstenberg

Affiliation Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Patrick Diemert

Current address: Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Affiliation Medizinische Klinik II, Universität Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Gilles Montalescot

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6) and Medical School, Paris, France

Willem H. Ouwehand

Affiliations Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge and National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Human Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Nilesh J. Samani

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Leicester NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Cardiovascular Disease, Leicester, United Kingdom

Heribert Schunkert

Affiliation Medizinische Klinik II, Universität Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

David-Alexandre Tregouet

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6) and Medical School, Paris, France

Andreas Ziegler

Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Universität Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Alison H. Goodall

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Leicester NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Cardiovascular Disease, Leicester, United Kingdom

François Cambien

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6) and Medical School, Paris, France

Laurence Tiret

laurence.tiret@upmc.fr (L Tiret); s.blankenberg@uke.de (S Blankenberg)

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6) and Medical School, Paris, France

Stefan Blankenberg

laurence.tiret@upmc.fr (L Tiret); s.blankenberg@uke.de (S Blankenberg)

Current address: Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: F Cambien, L Tiret, S Blankenberg. Performed the experiments: T Zeller, A Deiseroth, C Perret, C Proust, J Brocheton, T Godefroy, M Germain, M Eleftheriadis, PS Wild, CR Sinning, RB Schnabel, E Lubos. Analyzed the data: M Rotival, R Castagné, A Schillert, S Szymczak, S Maouche, D-A Tregouet, AH Goodall, F Cambien, L Tiret. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: A Rendon, A Ziegler, KJ Lackner, H Rossman, T Münzel, Cardiogenics Consortium, J Erdmann, P Deloukas, C Hengstenberg, P Diemert, G Montalescot, WH Ouwehand, NJ Samani, H Schunkert, F Cambien, L Tiret, S Blankenberg. Wrote the paper: M Rotival, T Zeller, L Tiret, F Cambien, S Blankenberg. Critical review of the manuscript: M Rotival, T Zeller, PS Wild, S Maouche, S Szymczak, A Schillert, R Castagné, A Deiseroth, C Proust, J Brocheton, T Godefroy, C Perret, M Germain, M Eleftheriadis, CR Sinning, RB Schnabel, E Lubos, KJ Lackner, H Rossmann, T Münzel, A Rendon, Cardiogenics Consortium, J Erdmann, P Deloukas, C Hengstenberg, P Diemert, G Montalescot, WH Ouwehand, NJ Samani, H Schunkert, D-A Tregouet, A Ziegler, AH Goodall, F Cambien, L Tiret, S Blankenberg.