About the Authors

Gabor Erdoes

gabor.erdoes@insel.ch

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Christoph Huber

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Reto Basciani

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Stefan Stortecky

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Stephan Windecker

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Peter Wenaweser

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Thierry Carrel

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Balthasar Eberle

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GE RB BE. Performed the experiments: GE RB. Analyzed the data: GE CH SS SW PW TC BE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RB BE. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: GE RB SS BE.