Appendix 1.
Trial Executive Committee T. D. Bradley
Chair
Canada
J.S. Floras
Vice Chair
Canada
A.G. Logan
Vice Chair
Canada
Steering Committee Members T. D. Bradley
Chair
Canada
J.S. Floras
Member
Canada
A.G. Logan
Member
Canada
D.H. Delgado
Member
Canada
R.J. Kimoff
Member
Canada
S. Parthasarathy
Member
USA
G. Lorenz-Filho
Member
Brazil
S. Redolfi
Member
France
G. Parati
Member
Italy
M. Arzt
Member
Germany
J. Durán Cantolla
Member
Spain
T. Kasai
Member
Japan
Data and Safety Monitoring Committee Members E.R. Smith
Chair
Canada
D. Johnstone
Member
Canada
R. Collins
Member
UK
Event Adjudication Committee Members C. Joyner
Chair
Canada
J.S. Floras
Member
Canada
S. Mak
Member
Canada
D.H. Delgado
Member
Canada
A. Al-Hesayan
Member
Canada
E. Oechslin
Member
Canada
S. Kosuszko
Member
Canada
Appendix 2. Investigators (by country and site)
Canada T.D. Bradley, J.S. Floras, A.G. Logan, C.M. Ryan, D.H. Delgado, S. Mak and G. Tomlinson University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON R.S. Leung, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON. D. Morrison, Capital District Health Authority, Halifax, NS M. Fitzpatrick, Queen's University, Kingston, ON P. Mayer, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu du CHUM, Universite de Montreal, Montreal QC R.J. Kimoff, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC L. Mielniczuk and R. Beanlands, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON F. Series, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, QC J.A. Fleetham, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC C. Demers, Hamilton General Hosptial, and A.C.P. Powles, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON C. Rinne, St Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener, ON E. Giannouli, Misericordia Health Center, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
USA A. Dal Nogare, Glacier View Research Institute, Kalispel, MT M. Dunlap, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH D. Kapoor, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ
Brazil G. Lorenzi-Filho and L. Drager, Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP, Sao Paulo L.R. Bittencourt, Centro de Desenvolvimento em Estudos Clínicos Brasil, Sao Paulo C. Amodeo, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, Sao Paulo R. P. Pedrosa, Pronto Socorro Cardiologico de Pernambuco, Recife
Spain M. Mayos Pérez, Clínica del Son (Departament de Pneumologia), Barcelona P. Lloberes Canadell, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona J.F. Masa Jimenez, Hospital San Pedro Alcántara, Cáceres F. Barbé, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida N.P. González Mangado, Fundación Jiménez Diaz-CAPIO, Madrid F. Del Campo, Hospital Rio Hortega, Valladolid J. Durán Cantolla, Hospital Universitario Txagorritxu, Vitoria J.M. Marin Trigo, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza M. González Martinez, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander
Germany M. Arzt, Universitaetskinikum Regensburg, Regensburg W. Randerath, Wissenschaftliches Institut Bethanien e.V., Solingen T. Penzel, Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
Italy M.T. La Rovere, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Pavia G. Parati, Ospedale San Luca, Milan C. Tantucci, Ospedale “Spedali Civili” Di Brescia, Brescia A. Braghiroli, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Veruno D. Raccagni, Azienda Ospedaliera Melino Mellini Di Chiari, Chiari
U.K. A. Williams, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Trust, London
