1. Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University , Düsseldorf , Germany
2. Department of Medicine, Stanford University , 300 Pasteur Drive, Standford, CA 94305 , USA
3. VA Palo Alto Health Care System , 3801 Miranda Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304 , USA
4. Department of Medicine, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute , 300 Pasteur Drive, Standford, CA 94305 , USA
5. Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Göttingen , Göttingen , Germany
6. Department of Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine , Ehime , Japan
7. Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, University of Cologne , Cologne , Germany
8. Department for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich , Munich , Germany
9. Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute , Stockholm , Sweden
10. German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) , Berlin , Germany (partner site: Munich)