About the Authors

Stefanie Krajewski

krajewski@thg-lab.de

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Julia Kurz

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Tobias Geisler

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Karlheinz Peter

Affiliation Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Hans Peter Wendel

Affiliation Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Andreas Straub

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KP HW AS. Performed the experiments: SK JK AS. Analyzed the data: SK JK TG KP HW AS. Wrote the paper: SK AS. Approved the final manuscript version: SK JK TG KP HW AS.