Viviane M Conraads, Paul J Beckers

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Jordi Vallés, MD1; Francisco Alvarez-Lerma, MD2; Mercedes Palomar, MD3;
Armando Blanco ,MD4; Ana Escoresca, MD5; Fernando Armestar, MD6; José
María Sirvent, MD7; Carina Balasini, MD8; Rafael Zaragoza, MD9; María
Marín, MD10; and the Study Group of Infectious Diseases of the Spanish
Society of Critical Care Medicine*

J-W Kornfeld1,6, S Meder1, M Wohlberg2, RE Friedrich2, T Rau3, L Riethdorf4, T Lo¨ ning5, K Pantel1
and S Riethdorf*,1

Karaca Z1, Tanriverdi F1, Unluhizarci K1, Ozturk F2, Gokahmetoglu S3, Elbuken G1, Cakir I1, Bayram
F1, Kelestimur F

Le Min, M.D., Ph.D.

Salvatore Ulisse,* Enke Baldini,* Salvatore Sorrenti, Susi Barollo, Lucio Gnessi,
Antonio Catania, Maria Rosa Pellizzo, Francesco Nardi, Caterina Mian,
Enrico De Antoni, Massimino D’Armiento, and Luigi Frati

Atsushi Ogino, MD,* Genzou Takemura, MD,* Masanori Kawasaki, MD,* Akiko Tsujimoto, BS,*
Hiromitsu Kanamori, MD,* Longhu Li, MD,* Kazuko Goto, PHD,* Rumi Maruyama, PHD,*
Itta Kawamura, MD,* Toshiaki Takeyama, MD,* Tomonori Kawaguchi, MD,*
Takatomo Watanabe, MD,* Yoshiyuki Moriguchi, MS,† Hideki Saito, MS,† Takako Fujiwara, MD,‡
Hisayoshi Fujiwara, MD,§ Shinya Minatoguchi, MD*

SERGE MASSON, PhD,1 SCOTT SOLOMON, MD,2 LAURA ANGELICI, MS,1 ROBERTO LATINI, MD,1
INDER S. ANAND, MD, FACC, FRCP, DPhil (OXON),3 MARGARET PRESCOTT, PhD,4 ALDO P. MAGGIONI, MD,5
GIANNI TOGNONI, MD,6 AND JAY N. COHN, MD, FACC,7 ON BEHALF OF THE VAL-HEFT INVESTIGATORS

SANJOY BHATTACHARYA, MD,1 KALEAB ABEBE, PhD,2 MARC SIMON, MD,1 SAMIR SABA, MD,1
AND EVAN ADELSTEIN, MD