Michael Buerke1, Markus Guckenbiehl1, Hansjörg Schwertz1, Ute Buerke1, Michael Hilker2, Herbert Platsch3, Joachim Richert3, Sabine Bomm3, Guy A. Zimmerman4, Stephan Lindemann4, Ursula Mueller-Werdan1, Karl Werdan1, Harald Darius5, Andrew S. Weyrich4
1Department of Medicine III, Martin-Luther-University, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06097 Halle, Germany
2Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
3BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany
4Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, Program in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
5Department of Cardiology, Neu-Kölln-Hospital, Berlin, Germany