Genetics of Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure

Contributors

CONSULTING EDITORS

RAGAVENDRA R. BALIGA, MD, MBA, FRCP,

FACC, FRS (Med)

Professor of Internal Medicine, OSU Heart

Center and Ross Heart Hospital, The Ohio

State University Medical Center, Columbus,

Ohio

JAMES B. YOUNG, MD, FACC

Executive Dean, Lerner College of Medicine

and Professor of Internal Medicine, Division

of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,

Ohio

GUEST EDITOR

CALUM A. MACRAE, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and

Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical

School, Boston, Massachusetts

AUTHORS

ROY BEINART, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,

Massachusetts

EMELIA J. BENJAMIN, MD, ScM

Professor, Section of Cardiology, Preventive

Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute,

Boston University School of Medicine, Boston,

Massachusetts; Department of Epidemiology,

Boston University Schools of Medicine and

Public Health, Framingham Heart Study;

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s

Framingham Heart Study, Framingham,

Massachusetts

TIM BOUSSY, MD

Heart Rhythm Management Institute,

University Hospital Brussels, Laarbeeklaan,

Brussels, Belgium

JOSEP BRUGADA, MD, PhD

Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, University

of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

PEDRO BRUGADA, MD, PhD

Heart Rhythm Management Institute,

University Hospital Brussels, Laarbeeklaan,

Brussels, Belgium

RAMON BRUGADA, MD, PhD

Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec,

Canada

GIAN BATTISTA CHIERCHIA, MD

Heart Rhythm Management Institute,

University Hospital Brussels, Laarbeeklaan,

Brussels, Belgium

CARLODEASMUNDIS, MD

Heart Rhythm Management Institute,

University Hospital Brussels, Laarbeeklaan,

Brussels, Belgium

RAHUL C. DEO, MD, PhD

Cardiology Division, Massachusetts

General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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PATRICK T. ELLINOR, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Research

Center and Cardiology Division,

Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown,

Massachusetts

DIANE FATKIN, MD

Associate Professor, Molecular Cardiology

Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research

Institute, Darlinghurst; Cardiology Department,

St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst; St

Vincent’s Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine,

University of New South Wales, Kensington,

New South Wales, Australia

CAROLYN Y. HO, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine and

Medical Director, Cardiovascular Division,

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston,

Massachusetts

STEVEN A. LUBITZ, MD

Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Research

Center, Massachusetts General Hospital,

Charlestown Division of Preventive Medicine,

Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention,

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston,

Massachusetts

CALUM A. MACRAE, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and

Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical

School, Boston, Massachusetts

WILLIAM J. McKENNA, MD, DSc, FRCP

Professor of Cardiology, Inherited

Cardiovascular Disease Group, University

College London, London, United Kingdom

DAVID MILAN, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,

Massachusetts

ROBYN OTWAY, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Cardiology

Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research

Institute, Darlinghurst, New South Wales,

Australia

GAETANO PAPARELLA, MD

Heart Rhythm Management Institute,

University Hospital Brussels, Laarbeeklaan,

Brussels, Belgium

ZARA RICHMOND, BSc

Genetics Counselor, Molecular Cardiology

Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research

Institute, Darlinghurst, New South Wales,

Australia

JEREMY RUSKIN, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,

Massachusetts

ANDREA SARKOZY, MD

Heart Rhythm Management Institute,

University Hospital Brussels, Laarbeeklaan,

Brussels, Belgium

MARC J. SEMIGRAN, MD

Medical Director, Heart Failure and

Transplantation, Cardiology Division,

Department of Medicine, Massachusetts

General Hospital; Associate Professor,

Harvard Medical School, Boston,

Massachusetts

SRIJITA SEN-CHOWDHRY, MBBS,

MD (Cantab.), MRCP

Walport Clinical Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine,

Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

JORDAN T. SHIN, MD, PhD

Assistant Physician, Cardiovascular Research

Center, Department of Medicine,

Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor in

Medicine, Harvard Medical School,

Charlestown, Massachusetts

PETROS SYRRIS, PhD

Director of Cardiovascular Genetics

Laboratory, Inherited Cardiovascular Disease

Group, University College London, London,

United Kingdom

LUDWIG THIERFELDER, MD

Associate Professor, Department of

Cardiology, Max-Delbrueck Center for

Molecular Medicine; Franz-Volhard Clinic,

Charite, Campus Buch, Helios Clinic, Berlin,

Germany

B. ALEXANDER YI, MD, PhD

Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General

Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston,

Massachusetts