SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-mediated cardiomyocyte fusion may contribute to increased arrhythmic risk in COVID-19

• Daniel J. Clemens,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

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• Dan Ye,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America, Division of Heart Rhythm Services, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

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• Wei Zhou,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America, Division of Heart Rhythm Services, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

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• C. S. John Kim,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America, Division of Heart Rhythm Services, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

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• David R. Pease,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Discovery Engine/Program for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

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• Chanakha K. Navaratnarajah,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

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• Alison Barkhymer,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

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• David J. Tester,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America, Division of Heart Rhythm Services, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

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• Timothy J. Nelson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Discovery Engine/Program for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America, Wanek Family Program for HLHS-Stem Cell Pipeline, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

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• Roberto Cattaneo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-2548

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• Jay W. Schneider,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Discovery Engine/Program for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

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• Michael J. Ackerman

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ackerman.michael@mayo.edu

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America, Division of Heart Rhythm Services, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

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