title: Reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Urs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fuehrer
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marschall
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Waehringer Guertel, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Gottfried H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Sodeck
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: thierry.carrel@insel.ch.
authors.forename: Thierry P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Carrel