Stephan Gielen, MD; Gerhard Schuler, MD; Volker Adams, PhD

Jochen D. Muehlschlegel, MD, MMSc; Kuang-Yu Liu, PhD; Tjo¨rvi E. Perry, MD, MMSc;
Amanda A. Fox, MD; Charles D. Collard, MD; Stanton K. Shernan, MD;
Simon C. Body, MBChB, MPH; for the CABG Genomics Investigators

Ishtiaq A. Rahman, MRCS; Jorge G. Mascaro, MD, FRCS; Rick P. Steeds, MD, FRCP;
Michael P. Frenneaux, MD, FRCP; Peter Nightingale, PhD; Peter Gosling, PhD, FRCPath;
Peter Townsend, FRCA; John N. Townend, MD, FRCP;
David Green, FRCA; Robert S. Bonser, MD, FRCP, FRCS

Whady Hueb, MD, PhD; Neuza H. Lopes, MD, PhD; Alexandre C. Pereira, MD, PhD;
Alexandre C. Hueb, MD, PhD; Paulo Roge´rio Soares, MD, PhD; Deside´rio Favarato, MD, PhD;
Ricardo D’Oliveira Vieira, MD; Eduardo Gomes Lima, MD; Cibele Larrosa Garzillo, MD, PhD;
Felipe da Silva Paulitch, MD; Luiz A.M. Ce´sar, MD, PhD;
Bernard J. Gersh, MB, ChB, DPhil; Jose´ A.F. Ramires, MD, PhD

Jan Mersmann, MD; Alexander Koch, MD; Nguyen Tran, PhD; Rene´ Zimmermann, PhD;
Tiago F. Granja, BSc; Jan Larmann, MD; Christine Herzog, PhD; Gregor Theilmeier, MD;
Stefan R. Bornstein, MD; Carsten J. Kirschning, PhD; Kai Zacharowski, MD, PhD, FRCA

Albert H. M. van Straten, MD,a Mohamed A. Soliman Hamad, MD,a Elisabeth J. Martens, PhD,b
M. Erwin S. H. Tan, MD, PhD,a Andre M. de Wolf, MD,d Volkher Scharnhorst, PhD,c and
Andre´ A. J. van Zundert, MD, PhD, FRCAe