Udo Meinhardt, MD; Anne E. Nelson, PhD; Jennifer L. Hansen, RN; Vita Birzniece, MD, PhD; David Clifford, PhD; Kin-Chuen Leung, PhD;
Kenneth Graham, BSc; and Ken K.Y. Ho, MD

Stephen L. Archer, MD; E. Kenneth Weir, MD; Martin R. Wilkins, MD

Sune Damgaard, MD, PhD, Claus H. Nielsen, MD, PhD, Lars W. Andersen, MD, DMSc,
Klaus Bendtzen, MD, DMSc, Michael Tvede, MD, and Daniel A. Steinbrüchel, MD, DMSc

Charles E. Murry, MD, PhD; Bernhard Ku¨hn, MD

Guoying Wang1, Xin Liu1, Katherine Kaufer Christoffel1, Shanchun Zhang1, Binyan Wang1, Rong Liu1,
Zhiping Li2, Xue Liu2, Wendy J. Brickman3, Donald Zimmerman3, Xiping Xu4, Xiaobin Wang1,‡.

Kiymet Bozaoglu,* Joanne E. Curran,* Claire J. Stocker,* Mohamed S. Zaibi,
David Segal, Nicky Konstantopoulos, Shona Morrison, Melanie Carless,
Thomas D. Dyer, Shelley A. Cole, Harald H. H. Goring, Eric K. Moses,
Ken Walder, Michael A. Cawthorne, John Blangero,* and Jeremy B. M. Jowett*

Ilan Goldenberg, MD; Isaac Subirana, MA; Valentina Boyko, MA; Joan Vila, MA; Roberto Elosua, MD, PhD;
Gaieta Permanyer-Miralda, MD; Ignacio Ferreira-Gonza´ lez, MD; Michal Benderly, PhD; Victor Guetta, MD;
Shlomo Behar, MD; Jaume Marrugat, MD, PhD, FESC

Giuseppe Derosa1, Pamela Maffioli1, Sibilla AT Salvadeo1, Ilaria Ferrari1, Alessia Gravina1, Roberto Mereu1,
Ilaria Palumbo1, Elena Fogari1, Angela D’Angelo1 and Arrigo FG Cicero2

Yong-Jian Li, MD,a,b Seung-Woon Rha, MD,a Kang-Yin Chen, MD,c Kanhaiya L. Poddar, MD,a Zhe Jin, MD,b
Yoshiyasu Minami, MD,a Lin Wang, MD,a Qun Dang, MD,b Guang-Ping Li, MD,c Sureshkumar Ramasamy, MD,a
Ji-Young Park, MD,a Chol Ung Choi, MD,a Jin-Won Kim, MD,a Eung Ju Kim, MD,a Chang Gyu Park, MD,a
Hong Seog Seo, MD,a Dong Joo Oh, MD,a Myung Ho Jeong, MD,d Young Keun Ahn, MD,d Taek Jong Hong, MD,e
Jong-Seon Park, MD,f Young Jo Kim, MD,f Seung Ho Hur, MD,g In Whan Seong, MD,h Jei Keon Chae, MD,i
Myeong Chan Cho, MD,j Jang Ho Bae, MD,k Dong Hoon Choi, MD,l Yang Soo Jang, MD,l In Ho Chae, MD,m
Hyo Soo Kim, MD,n Chong Jin Kim, MD,o Jung Han Yoon, MD,p Tae Hoon Ahn, MD,q Seung-Jea Tahk, MD,r
Wook Sung Chung, MD,s Ki Bae Seung, MD,s and Seung Jung Park, MD,t other Korea Acute Myocardial infarction
Registry Investigators u Seoul, Gwangju, Pusan, Daegu, Daejeon, Jeonju, Chongju, Bundang, Wonju, Korea; and
Tianjin, China

Marc Cohen, MD, Catalin Boiangiu, MD, Mateen Abidi, MD