1. Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway (A.H.O., P.L.M., J.E.H., T.O., H.R.).
2. Institute for Experimental Medical Research (A.H.O., C.R.C., O.S.E., M. Sadredini, X.S., P.K.L., M.L., I.S., A.G.E., I.G.L., M.K.S., G.C., W.E.L.), Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
3. Center for Heart Failure Research (A.H.O., C.R.C., O.S.E., M. Sadredini, P.L.M., X.S., P.K.L., M.L., I.S., A.G.E., I.G.L., T.O., M.K.S., G.C., H.R., W.E.L.), University of Oslo, Norway.
4. Department for Microbiology, Clinic for Laboratory Medicine (B.D.), Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
5. Department for Medical Biochemistry, Institute for Clinical Medicine (B.D.), University of Oslo, Norway.
6. School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia (D.R.L.).
7. Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland (J.K.).
8. Section of Specialized Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology (K.G.), Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
9. K.G. Jebsen Center for Cardiac Research (I.S., G.C., W.E.L.), University of Oslo, Norway.
10. Division of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki & Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (V.P.).
11. Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden (M. Stridsberg).
12. Heart Research Center Goettingen, University Medicine Center Goettingen, Germany (S.E.L.).
13. Simula Research Laboratory, Fornebu, Norway (A.G.E).