1. From the Departments of Cardiology and Angiology (J.H., T. Kempf, A.H., H.D., K.C.W.) and Molecular and Cellular Physiology (T. Kraft), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; the Institute of Pathophysiology (H.M.) and the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (R.J.S.), University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; the Friedrich-Miescher Institute (P.C.), Basel, Switzerland; and the Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry (S.M.L.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg...