Affiliations

• ¹ Cardiothoracic Centre, Guys and St Thomas Hospitals, London, UK.
• ² British Infection Association, Leeds, UK.
• ³ British Cardiovascular Society, London, UK.
• ⁴ British Cardiovascular Society.
• ⁵ Royal College of General Practitioners.
• ⁶ British Assoc of Nursing for Cardiac Care.
• ⁷ Society for Cardiological Science and Technology.
• ⁸ Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen, Germany.
• ⁹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Clinico, University of Barcelona, Spain.
• ¹⁰ Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ¹¹ Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Quebec City, Canada.
• ¹² University of Washington Seattle, USA.