Acknowledgments
This research was largely supported by funding from the University of
Antwerp (GOA 33933; Methusalem-OEC grant “Genomed” 40709), the
Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium, G042321N, G040221N,
G044720N), the Dutch Heart Foundation (2013T093), the Belgian Cardiac
Surgery Foundation and the Marfan Foundation. Dr. Loeys holds a
consolidator grant from the European Research Council (Genomia –
ERC-COG-2017-771945). Dr Luyckx is supported by the Dutch Heart
Foundation (Outreach project). Milan Macek and Alice Krebsova get
support from Czech Medical Research Council project n. NV 18-02-00237.
Josephina Meester and Ilse Van Gucht are fellows of the Fund for
Scientific Research Flanders. Jotte Rodrigues Bento is supported by De
Swerts Fund.