1. Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Office Nt 645, Dr Molewaterplein 40 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2. Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA
3. Department of Cardiac and Transplant Surgery, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic
4. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
5. Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg/Saar, Germany