K C H Fearon, M F von Meyenfeldt, A G W Moses, R van Geenen, A Roy, D J Gouma, A Giacosa,
A Van Gossum, J Bauer, M D Barber, N K Aaronson, A C Voss, M J Tisdale

Charalambos A. Gogos, M.D.,

DEREK HARRINGTON, MRCP,* STEFAN D. ANKER, MD,*† TUAN PENG CHUA, MD,* KATHARINE M. WEBB-PEPLOE, MRCP,* PIOTR P. PONIKOWSKI, MD,*
PHILIP A. POOLE-WILSON, MD, FACC,* ANDREW J. S. COATS, DM, FACC*

S. D. Anker*†, P. P. Ponikowski*, A. L. Clark*, F. Leyva*, M. Rauchhaus*, M. Kemp‡, M. M. Teixeira§, P. G. Hellewell§, J. Hooper‡, P. A. Poole-Wilson* and
A. J. S. Coats*

P. Ponikowski*†, M. Piepoli*, T. P. Chua*, W. Banasiak†, D. Francis*, S. D. Anker*‡
and A. J. S. Coats*

Noritoshi Nagaya, MD; Masaaki Uematsu, MD; Masayasu Kojima, MD; Yukari Date, MD; Masamitsu Nakazato, MD; Hiroyuki Okumura, MD; Hiroshi Hosoda, MD; Wataru Shimizu, MD; Masakazu Yamagishi, MD; Hideo Oya, MD; Hideki Koh, MD;
Chikao Yutani, MD; Kenji Kangawa, PhD

Simon Stewarta,b, Kate MacIntyreb, David J. Holec, Simon Capewellb,
John J.V. McMurraya,

Domingo A. Pascual-Figal, MD, PHD,* Jordi Ordoñez-Llanos, MD, PHD,† Pedro L. Tornel, PHD,§ Rafael Va´zquez, MD, PHD,
Teresa Puig, MD, PHD,‡ Mariano Valdés, MD, PHD,* Juan Cinca, MD, PHD,‡ Antoni Bayes de Luna, MD, PHD,¶
Antoni Bayes-Genis, MD, PHD,‡ on behalf of the MUSIC Investigators

GASPARE PARRINELLO, MD,1 PIETRO DI PASQUALE, MD,3 GIUSEPPE LICATA, MD,1 DANIELE TORRES, MD,1
MARCO GIAMMANCO, MD,3 SERGIO FASULLO, MD,2 MANUELA MEZZERO, MD,1 AND SALVATORE PATERNA, MD4

LARRY A. ALLEN, MD, MHS,1 KEVIN J. ANSTROM, PhD,2 JOHN R. HORTON, MS,2 LINDA K. SHAW, MS,2
ERIC L. EISENSTEIN, DBA,2 AND G. MICHAEL FELKER, MD, MHS2