When we published the article

“Loukanov T, Arnold R et al (2008) Endothelin-1 and asymmetric dimethylarginine in children with left-to-right shunt after intracardiac repair. Clin Res Cardiol 97:383–388” [The online version can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00392-008-0645-x (published online 22 February 2008)]

The name of the ninth author was misspelled. His correct name is “Matthias Karck” and not “Kark” as it was given in the article.

The publisher apologises for any inconvenience caused by this mistake.