aMagdi Yacoub Heart Foundation, Aswan Heart Center
bAlexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria
cNational Heart Institute, Giza, Egypt
dCairo Faculty of Medicine and College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
eNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
* Heba Sh. Kassem and Sherif A. Algendy have contributed equally to the writing of this article.
Correspondence to Heba Sh. Kassem, MD, PhD, MagdiYacoub Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 116 Horreya Avenue, Shallalat, Alexandria 21131, Egypt Tel: +20 100 175 2274; e-mail: [email protected]
Received November 29, 2015
Accepted February 10, 2016