1. Department of Cardiology; Saint Joseph Hospital; Paris France
2. Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes; Universität des Saarlandes, Klinik für Innere Medizin III; Homburg/Saar Germany
3. Howard Gilman and Schiavone Institutes; State University of New York Downstate Medical Center; Brooklyn and New York NY USA
4. Robertson Centre for Biostatistics; University of Glasgow; Glasgow UK
5. Maria Cecilia Hospital-GVM Care and Research; Ettore Sansavini Health Science Foundation; Cotignola Italy
6. Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier; Suresnes France
7. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy; University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College; London UK