About the Authors

Vincent Souday

Affiliation Department of Medical Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, University Hospital, Angers, France

Nick J. Koning

Affiliations Department of Medical Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, University Hospital, Angers, France, INSERM U1083, CNRS UMR 6214, University Hospital, Angers, France, Department of Anesthesiology. Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Bruno Perez

Affiliation Department of Medical Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, University Hospital, Angers, France

Fabien Grelon

Affiliation Department of Medical Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, University Hospital, Angers, France

Alain Mercat

Affiliation Department of Medical Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, University Hospital, Angers, France

Christa Boer

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology. Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Valérie Seegers

Affiliation Interactions Cellulaires et Applications Thérapeutique and DRCI Data management, SFR du pôle Santé; University Hospital, Angers, France

Peter Radermacher

Affiliation Institut für Anästhesiologische Pathophysiologie und Verfahrensentwicklung, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Pierre Asfar

piasfar@chu-angers.fr

Affiliations Department of Medical Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, University Hospital, Angers, France, INSERM U1083, CNRS UMR 6214, University Hospital, Angers, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: V. Souday BP FG AM PR PA. Performed the experiments: V. Souday BP FG PA. Analyzed the data: V. Souday NJK CB V. Seegers PR PA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NJK AM CB V. Seegers PR PA. Wrote the paper: V. Souday NJK BP FG AM CB V. Seegers PR PA.