1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West-German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45122, Essen, Germany
2. Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
3. The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, 67 Chenies Mews, London WC1E 6HX, UK
4. Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Agamemnon Street, G81 4DY, Clydebank, UK
5. Division of Cardiac Surgery, Queen’s University, 99 University Avenue, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
6. Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus Medical Center,'s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, Holland
7. Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Hugstetterstrasse 55, Freiburg, D-79106, Germany
8. Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, H - 1085 Budapest, Hungary
9. Pharmahungary Group, Szeged, Graphisoft Park, 7 Záhony street, Budapest, H-1031, Hungary
10. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen, Germany
11. Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen, Germany
12. University Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Christoph-Probst-Platz 1, Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
13. Department of Anaesthetics, King’s College Hospital and King’s College London, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, UK
14. Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Vienna, Austria
15. Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Salam Center for Cardiac Surgery, Soba Hilla, Khartoum, Sudan, Italy
16. Center of Aging Sciences and Translational Medicine—CESI-Met and Institute of Cardiology, Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences “G. D”'Annunzio University, Via dei Vestini, 66100 Chieti, Italy
17. The Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Atherosclerosis Research, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 1.240, Houston, TX 77030, USA
18. Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
19. Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Brescia Medical School. P.le Spedali Civili, 1., Brescia, 25123, Italy
20. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Louis Pradel Hospital, 28 Avenue du Doyen Jean Lépine, 69677 Bron Cedex, Lyon, France
21. Division of Cardiology, Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Corso Umberto I 40 - 80138 Naples, Italy
22. Department of Cardiology, Institut MITOVASC, University of Angers, University Hospital of Angers, 2 rue Lakanal, 49045 Angers Cedex 01, Angers, France
23. Cardiology and UMC Utrecht Regenerative Medicine Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
24. Department of Cardiology, Division of Heart and Lungs and Regenerative Medicine Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
25. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital da Cruz Vermelha, Lisbon, Portugal
26. The National Institute of Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, Maple House Suite A 1st floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7DN, UK
27. Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorder Research Program, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Program, Duke-National University of Singapore, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857, Singapore
28. National Heart Research Institute Singapore, National Heart Centre Singapore, 5 Hospital Drive, Singapore 169609, Singapore
29. Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119228, Singapore