Desmin mutations as a cause of right ventricular heart failure affect the intercalated disks

Otten, Ellen; Asimaki, Angeliki; Maass, Alexander; van Langen, Irene M.; van der Wal, Allard; de Jonge, Nicolaas; van den Berg, Maarten P.; Saffitz, Jeffrey E.; Wilde, Arthur A.M.; Jongbloed, Jan D.H.; van Tintelen, J. Peter

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.04.023

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Volume 7, Issue 8 , Pages 1058-1064, August 2010

Desmin mutations as a cause of right ventricular heart failure affect the intercalated disks

Ellen Otten, MD
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Angeliki Asimaki, PhD
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Massachusetts
Alexander Maass, MD, PhD
- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Irene M. van Langen, MD, PhD
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Allard van der Wal, MD, PhD
- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Nicolaas de Jonge, MD, PhD
- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Maarten P. van den Berg, MD, PhD
- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Jeffrey E. Saffitz, MD, PhD
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Massachusetts
Arthur A.M. Wilde, MD, PhD
- Heart Failure Research Center, Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Jan D.H. Jongbloed, PhD
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
J. Peter van Tintelen, MD, PhD
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
- Address reprint requests and correspondence: J. Peter van Tintelen, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands