Pancreatic Stone Protein Predicts Postoperative Infection in Cardiac Surgery Patients Irrespective of Cardiopulmonary Bypass or Surgical Technique

• Holger J. Klein ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Holger J. Klein, Adam Csordas

  * E-mail: holger.klein@usz.ch

  Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Adam Csordas ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Holger J. Klein, Adam Csordas

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Volkmar Falk,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Ksenija Slankamenac,

  Affiliation Division of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Alain Rudiger,

  Affiliation Division of Anesthesiology, Cardiosurgical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Felix Schönrath,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Hector Rodriguez Cetina Biefer,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Christoph T. Starck ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Rolf Graf

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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