High proportion of genetic cases in patients with advanced cardiomyopathy including a novel homozygous Plakophilin 2-gene mutation

• Baerbel Klauke,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research & Development (EHKI), Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-8975

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• Anna Gaertner-Rommel,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research & Development (EHKI), Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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• Uwe Schulz,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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• Astrid Kassner,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research & Development (EHKI), Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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• Edzard zu Knyphausen,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Center for Congenital Heart Defects, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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• Thorsten Laser,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Center for Congenital Heart Defects, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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• Deniz Kececioglu,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Center for Congenital Heart Defects, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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• Lech Paluszkiewicz,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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• Ute Blanz,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Surgery for Congenital Heart, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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• Eugen Sandica,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Surgery for Congenital Heart, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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• Antoon J. van den Bogaerdt,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Erasmus Medical Center, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Euro Heart Valve Bank, CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• J. Peter van Tintelen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Genetics, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, GZ Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Jan Gummert,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research & Development (EHKI), Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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• Hendrik Milting

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hmilting@hdz-nrw.de

  Affiliations Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research & Development (EHKI), Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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