Metabolomic profiling of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections - Implications for pathophysiology and biomarker discovery

• Christian Doppler,

  Affiliations Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratory, University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, Cardiac, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty, Johannes-Kepler University, Linz, Austria

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• Kathrin Arnhard,

  Affiliation Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Julia Dumfarth,

  Affiliation Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratory, University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Katharina Heinz,

  Affiliation Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratory, University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Barbara Messner,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria

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• Christian Stern,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria

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• Therese Koal,

  Affiliation Biocrates Life Sciences AG, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Kristaps Klavins,

  Affiliation Biocrates Life Sciences AG, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Katarina Danzl,

  Affiliation Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratory, University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Florian Pitterl,

  Affiliation Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Michael Grimm,

  Affiliation Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratory, University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

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• Herbert Oberacher,

  Affiliation Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

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• David Bernhard

  * E-mail: david.bernhard@i-med.ac.at

  Affiliations Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratory, University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, Cardiac, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty, Johannes-Kepler University, Linz, Austria

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