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Acknowledgments

RNK is supported by National Institutes of Health R01s HL60665, HL61550, HL80607, and P01 HL78825 and by The Dr. Gerald and Myra Dorros Chair in Cardiovascular Disease of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. JN has been supported by National Institutes of Health RO1s HL78681 and HL68657.

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  1. Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology, Cardiovascular Research Center, and Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Forchheimer G46, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY , 10461, USA

    Richard N. Kitsis

  2. Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, 101 The City Drive, Bldg. 53, Mail Route 81, Orange, Irvine, CA , 92868 4080, USA

    Jagat Narula

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Kitsis, R.N., Narula, J. Introduction—cell death in heart failure. Heart Fail Rev 13, 107–109 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-008-9080-3

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