Lyudmila Krestinina · Dale L. Preston · Faith G. Davis ·
Svetlana Epifanova · Evgenia Ostroumova ·
Elaine Ron · Alexander Akleyev

Lars Wallentin, M.D., Ph.D., Richard C. Becker, M.D., Andrzej Budaj, M.D., Ph.D., Christopher P. Cannon, M.D., Hakan Emanuelsson, M.D., Ph.D., Claes Held, M.D., Ph.D., Jay Horrow, M.D., Steen Husted, M.D., D.Sc., Stefan James, M.D., Ph.D., Hugo Katus, M.D., Kenneth W. Mahaffey, M.D., Benjamin M. Scirica, M.D., M.P.H., Allan Skene, Ph.D., Philippe Gabriel Steg, M.D., Robert F. Storey, M.D., D.M., and Robert A. Harrington, M.D.,
for the PLATO Investigators*

Martin Henriksson, research fellow in health economics,1,2 Stephen Palmer, senior research fellow in health economics,2 Ruoling Chen, honorary senior lecturer in epidemiology,3 Jacqueline Damant, systematic reviewer,3 Natalie K Fitzpatrick, project coordinator,3 Keith Abrams, professor of medical statistics,4 Aroon D Hingorani, professor of genetic epidemiology,3 Ulf Stenestrand, associate professor of cardiology,5 Magnus Janzon, cardiologist,5 Gene Feder, professor of primary health care,6 Bruce Keogh, professor of cardiac surgery,3 Martin J Shipley, senior lecturer in medical statistics,3 Juan-Carlos Kaski, professor of cardiovascular science,7 Adam Timmis, professor of clinical cardiology,8 Mark Sculpher, professor of health
economics,2 Harry Hemingway, professor of clinical epidemiology3

Maria Monagas, Nasiruddin Khan, Cristina Andres-Lacueva, Rosa Casas, Mireia Urpı´-Sarda`, Rafael Llorach,
Rosa Maria Lamuela-Ravento´s, and Ramo´n Estruch

I. Legroux-Gérot & J. Vignau & E. Biver & P. Pigny & F. Collier & X. Marchandise &
B. Duquesnoy & B. Cortet

Shih-Ping Cheng, MD,a,c Chin-Wen Chi, PhD,a,b Chi-Yuan Tzen, MD,d,e Tsen-Long Yang, MD,c,e
Jie-Jen Lee, MD, PhD,c,f Tsang-Pai Liu, MD,c,e and Chien-Liang Liu, MD,c,e Taipei, Taiwan

Eva Oliver
Maria L. Carrio
David Rodrı´guez-Castro
Casimiro Javierre
Elisabet Farrero
Herminia Torrado
Eduard Castells
Josep L. Ventura

Ippei Kanazawa⁎, Toru Yamaguchi, Toshitsugu Sugimoto

Britt B. Newsome1,2, Stephen J. Onufrak3, David G. Warnock2 and William M. McClellan3,4

Stefan D. Anker, M.D., Ph.D., Josep Comin Colet, M.D.,
Gerasimos Filippatos, M.D., Ronnie Willenheimer, M.D.,
Kenneth Dickstein, M.D., Ph.D., Helmut Drexler, M.D.,*
Thomas F. Lüscher, M.D., Boris Bart, M.D., Waldemar Banasiak, M.D., Ph.D.,
Joanna Niegowska, M.D., Bridget-Anne Kirwan, Ph.D., Claudio Mori, M.D.,
Barbara von Eisenhart Rothe, M.D., Stuart J. Pocock, Ph.D.,
Philip A. Poole-Wilson, M.D.,* and Piotr Ponikowski, M.D., Ph.D.,
for the FAIR-HF Trial Investigators†