About the Authors

Martin Grapow

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Martin Haug

Affiliation Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic, and Hand Surgery, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Chistopher Tschung

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Bernhard Winkler

publications.medic@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inselspital, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Prerana Banerjee

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Paul Philipp Heinisch

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

Jens Fassl

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Oliver Reuthebuch

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Friedrich Eckstein

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: OR FE MG. Data curation: MH CT. Formal analysis: OR FE MG CT BW MH. Funding acquisition: OR FE MG. Investigation: MH CT MG. Methodology: OR FE MG MH. Project administration: MG OR FE MH JF. Resources: JF OR FE MG. Software: MG MH CT. Supervision: MG OR FE JF. Validation: OR FE MG PB JF BW. Visualization: OR FE MG PB PPH JF BW. Writing – original draft: FE OR MG CT BW. Writing – review & editing: BW PPH OR FE MG CT JF.