About the Authors

Gabor Erdoes

gabor.erdoes@insel.ch

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

Christoph Lippuner

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, Anesthesiology Group, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Istvan Kocsis

Affiliation 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary

Marcel Schiff

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, Anesthesiology Group, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Monika Stucki

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

Thierry Carrel

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

Stephan Windecker

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Balthasar Eberle

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

Frank Stueber

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, Anesthesiology Group, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Malte Book

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, Anesthesiology Group, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GE MB FS. Performed the experiments: M. Schiff M. Stucki CL. Analyzed the data: GE MB IK M. Schiff M. Stucki CL BE SW TC FS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS. Wrote the paper: GE CL IK BE TC FS MB.