1. Pôle de Recherche Cardiovasculaire, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
2. Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
3. Division of Anesthesiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
4. Center for Research in Mechatronics (CEREM), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
5. European Homograft Bank, St-Jean Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
6. Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada