1. Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2. Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
3. Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 21 4031 Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
4. Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 21 4031 Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
5. Department of Traumatology & Orthopedics, Spitalstrasse 21 4031 Basel, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
6. Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 21 4031 Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
7. Department of Anesthesiology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Tellstrasse 25 5001 Aarau, Switzerland
8. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Tellstrasse 25 5001 Aarau, Switzerland
9. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Petersgraben 4 4031 Basel, Switzerland
10. Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Petersgraben 4 4031 Basel, Switzerland
11. Blood Bank and Department of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Petersgraben 4 4031 Basel, Switzerland
12. Department of Cardiology, Incor, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar, 44 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo - SP, 05403-900 Sao Paulo, Brazil