1. From the Departments of Physiology (I.F.-P., N.H., A.B., J.v.d.V., L.v.H., G.J.M.S., W.J.P.) and Pathology and Cardiac Surgery (H.W.M.N.), Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Departments of Physiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery (I.F.-P., A.F.L.-M.) and Cardiology (C.G.), Faculty of Medicine, Universidade do Porto, and Center of Thoracic Surgery (A.F.L.-M.), Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal; Department of Internal Medicine,...