Heinig, Matthias http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5612-1720
Adriaens, Michiel E.
Schafer, Sebastian
van Deutekom, Hanneke W. M.
Lodder, Elisabeth M.
Ware, James S.
Schneider, Valentin
Felkin, Leanne E.
Creemers, Esther E.
Meder, Benjamin
Katus, Hugo A.
Rühle, Frank
Stoll, Monika
Cambien, François
Villard, Eric
Charron, Philippe
Varro, Andras
Bishopric, Nanette H.
George, Alfred L. Jr.
dos Remedios, Cristobal
Moreno-Moral, Aida
Pesce, Francesco
Bauerfeind, Anja
Rüschendorf, Franz
Rintisch, Carola
Petretto, Enrico
Barton, Paul J.
Cook, Stuart A.
Pinto, Yigal M.
Bezzina, Connie R.
Hubner, Norbert
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01ZX1408D)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01GS084)
Hartstichting (CVON 2012-10)
Wellcome Trust
British Heart Foundation
Seventh Framework Programme (ERG-239158, CardioNeT-ITN-289600)
Fondation Leducq
Fondation Leducq
Fondation Leducq
British Heart Foundation
British Heart Foundation
Medical Research Council
Medical Research Council
Medical Research Council
National Medical Research Council
Tanato foundation
NHS foundation trust
Goh foundation
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (ICEMED)
Seventh Framework Programme (BestAgeing)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH R01 HL071094)
Fondation Leducq (alliance against sudden death)
Article History
Received: 9 February 2017
Accepted: 19 July 2017
First Online: 14 September 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All studies were carried out according to institutional guidelines, and with appropriate informed consent from participants or next of kin (in case of donor heart samples). Institutional ethics committees of the clinical centers where the cardiac samples were collected reviewed and approved all protocols. The ethical review boards of University of Szeged (Ethical Review Board of the University of Szeged Medical Center; Szeged, Hungary), Vanderbilt University (Institutional Review Board of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Nashville, USA, IRB#100664), University of Miami (Institutional Review Board of the University of Miami School of Medicine; Miami, USA, protocol # 20010028), and the University of Sydney (Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC), Project Title: The Sydney Human Heart Tissue Bank (SHB), project number 2012/2814; Sydney, Australia) approved procurement and handling of the human donor cardiac material. DCM tissue studies complied with UK Human Tissue Act guidelines and were carried out with approval from the Royal Brompton and Harefield local ethical review committee and the National Research Ethics Service Committee South Central, Hampshire B (reference 09/H0504/104). Investigations conformed to the principles outlined in the Helsinki Declaration of the World Medical Association. All data were analyzed anonymously.
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