1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Medical University of South Carolina 114 Doughty Street, Thurmond/Gazes, 323, Charleston, SC 29425, USA and Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Charleston SC USA
2. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine The Ohio State University Columbus OH USA
3. Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California Los Angeles CA USA
4. Department of Cardiology Immanuel Heart Center Bernau—Medical School Brandenburg Bernau Germany
5. Montreal Heart Institute University of Montréal Montreal Quebec Canada
6. Department of Internal Medicine III University Hospital of Cologne Cologne Germany
7. Department of Cardiology A University Hospital Lille France
8. Department of Research CVRx, Inc. Minneapolis MN USA
9. Department of Medicine Asklepios Klinik Altona Hamburg Germany
10. Department of Statistics NAMSA, Inc. Minneapolis MN USA
11. Cardiovascular Department Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo Italy
12. Department of Electrophysiology Arizona Heart Hospital Phoenix AZ USA
13. Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology University Medicine Göttingen and German Cardiovascular Research Center (DZHK) Göttingen Germany
14. Division of Cardiology University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson MS USA