Dr Eric Brunner, UK
Prof John GR Cleland, UK
Dr Andrea A Conti, Italy
Dr Rafael Gabriel Sanchez, Spain
Prof Gian Franco Gensini, Italy
Dr Sheldon Gottlieb, USA
Dr William B Hood Jr., USA
Dr Lee Hooper, UK
Dr Ian Jacobs, Australia
Prof John JV McMurray, UK
Ms Theresa Moore, UK
Prof Robert West, UK
We thank Knut Schroeder for his valuable contribution to the Editorial Board of the Heart Group.
We gratefully acknowledge all the hard work and enthusiasm that Tess Moore, as Review Group Coordinator (1998-2005), contributed to successfully establishing the Heart Group. We would also like to thank Kath Wornell (1998-2005) and Lucy Motherwell (2005) for their expert secretarial skills that aided the production of our reviews.
We would like to thank Maryann Napoli, Janet Wale, Anne Lydiatt, Jacqueline Page and Amy Zelmer for assisting in the drafting of some of our plain language summaries.
The following lists those who are lead authors or co-contributors of protocols and reviews published by the Cochrane Heart Group:
ARGENTINA
V Brito; A Ciapponi; J Lerman; Z Ortiz; R Pizarro; E Santiago Laffaire
AUSTRALIA
CN Aroney; L Baur; M Bennett; A Bensoussan; C Bridge; D Chang; RA Clark; J Doust; SC Faddy; JC Finn; D Gillies; SJ Grant; F Hawke; MR Hoenig; A Holdgate; SC Inglis; I Jacobs; P Jennings; N Jepson; H Kiat; NL Klupp; JP Lehm; J Malloy; A Morrison; MT Naughton; E O'Riordan; N Preston; E Petherick; IA Scott; VA Shrewsbury; P Skerritt; S Stewart; F Stoddart; EV Villanueva; M Wallen; JAE Walters; JE Wasiak; EM Wood
AUSTRIA
C Havel; H Herkner; M Müllner; J Thoennissen
BAHRAIN
A Al Hajeri; F Amin; Z Fedorowicz; BM Manzer
BRAZIL
AN Atallah; O Berwanger; JR Cardoso; AAV de Paola; ERFS Freitas; JA Marin-Neto; M Ladeira; CA Polanczyk; G Rosito; BGO Soares; HH Veloso
CANADA
O Al-Radi; D Alter; BL Bigham; SC Brooks; K Burns; SJ Connolly; E Crumley; E Crystal; C Demers; C Grant; RS Green; GH Guyatt; L Hartling; KF Hurley; R Jaeschke; P Jong; S Kisely; TP Klassen; D Lee; S Little; P Liu; DA Madani; KD Magee; D Massel; F McAlister; R McKelvie; LJ Morrison; J Robinson; BH Rowe; W Sevcik; K Sleik; B Vandermeer; JC Villar; N Wiebe; TM Yau;Y Yusuf
CHINA
H Chen; HS Chen; J Chen; X Chen; L Deng; X Duan; XM Du; S Han; X Hu; P Huang; W JunMin ; J Li; S Li; C Liu; G Liu; J Liu; X Liu; T Lunxian; B Mao; J Ni; J Qiao; W Qin; H Qing; J Qu; Z Quin; W ShengNan; L Wang; Q Wang; J Wei; G Wu; J Wu; TX Wu; M Yang; XZ Yang; T Yu; Y Yao; Y Xie; D Xin; D Xiong; XX Zeng; J Zheng; L Zhou
DENMARK
B Als-Nielsen; C Gluud; CH Møller; T Monk-Hansen; A Hróbjartsson; L Penninga; EPrescott; DA Steinbrüchel; J Wetterslev
ECUADOR
R Hidalgo
FRANCE
E Amsallem; JF Bergmann; JP Boissel; X Bonfill; G Haddour; C Kasparian;C Lafuente-Lafuente; F Martin; S Mouly; P Nony
GERMANY
AK Frobel; S Läer; M Hulpke-Wette; A Schedlbauer; KG Schmidt
GREECE
G Salanti
IRELAND
B Buckley; MC Byrne; B Dineen; SM Smith
ITALY
A Abbate; I Abraha; P Agostoni; G Biondi-Zoccai; A Calderan; C Castelvetri; F Colivicchi; BCosmi; R D'Amico; B Girolami; M Lotrionte; M Milandri; A Montedori; Q Parisi; ARubboli; CM Silvani; A Squizzato; L Testa
MEXICO
P Reyes; M Vallejo
NEW ZEALAND
T Ginger
PHILIPPINES
A Dans; G Domingo; MGY Ong; FER Punzalan; GC Ramos; NR Rey; DRK Salvador;J Sarol; DJ Sulit
SAUDI ARABIA
B Afrane; M El Barbary; R Faris; S Robertson-Malt
SOUTH AFRICA
A Cilliers; B Mayosi
SPAIN
X Bonfill; X Bosch; E Briones; J Calaf; L Carmona; JI Emparanza; R Gabriel Sánchez; JM Garcia Alamino; I Gich; M Ignacio; J R Lacalle; MA Longas-Tejero; L Manzano; I Marin; J Marrugat; JLR Martin; M Melero-Bascones; M Roque; LM Sánchez Gomez; M Subirana
SWEDEN
I Östman-Smith
SWITZERLAND
M Briel; H Bucher; A Durand Dubief; P Hengstler; AJ Nordmann; J Young
THAILAND
A Chaikitpinyo; P Lumbiganon
THE NETHERLANDS
DPM Brandjes; AJM Cleophas; N Colman; J Dieleman; DE Grobbee; F den Hartog; EW Jansen; H Jansen; C Kalkman; TT Keller; M Levi; H Oude Luttikhuis; HM Nathoe; H Reitsma; R Scholten; V Svircevic; G van Dijk; GJMG van der Heijden; J van Klarenbosch; ATA Mairuhu; Rvan Marum; S Middeldorp; RP Stolk; W Wieling; AH Zwinderman
TURKEY
B Civelek;
UK
DG Altman; M Aarabi; C Bartlett; S Bayliss ; P Bennett; M Beranek-Stanley; J Bestall; A Beswick; T Brown; P Brindle; E Brunner; S Brunskill; A Brynes; M Burke; A Burls; J Cade; N Capps; K Campbell; S Capewell; M Charles; AY Chong; I Chung; JFG Cleland; G Clements; AJS Coats; J Cockroft; J Cordina; S Cotter; J Critchley; R Cunningham; H Dalal; G Davey Smith; P Davies; R Dickson; CJ Doree; NJ Douglas; J Dretzke; Y Dundar; M Durkin; JL Eastaugh; S Ebrahim; M Eccles; L Edmunds; M Egger; A Elder; HM Engleman; E Ernst; M Falshaw; T Fahey; M Field; A Flapan; M Flather; C Foster; N Freemantle; GFrost; A Fry-Smith; CR Gibbs; J Harrison; F Harris-Wise; C Hawkes; R Harrison; G Hewitt; JPT Higgins; RA Hill; M Hillsdon; S Hood; L Hooper; C Hyde; PJackson; JA Jolliffe; K Jolly; S Kelly; A Kelman; D Kotecha; E Knight; D Lane; R Lang; GYH Lip; L Mace; E Martin-Rendon; J Mason; A Mathur; J McMurray; G Mead; TA Millane; D Moher; THM Moore; T Moxham; A Ness; K Ngo; C O'Malley; S O'Meara; S Parsons; MH Pittler; PA Poole-Wilson; D Potter; JW Powles; H Purcell; T Quinn; J Raftery; K Rees; RA Riemersma; A Rengarajan; P Rigby; R Riha; K Schroeder; A Sen; S Singh; K Schmidt; S Stanworth; CD Summerbell; DP Taggart; F Taylor; RS Taylor; SJC Taylor; J Thompson Coon; RL Thompson; M Thorogood; WD Toff; M Underwood; KVedhara; T Walley; JE Wallis; E Walters; K Ward; R West; V Whittaker; L Wood; P Young; A Zawada
USA
A Bakhai; EB Bass; J Beyers; J Bradt; C Dileo; V Donovan; SN Goodman; WB Hood; J Ade Lemos; RL McNamara; E Miles; MR Miller; MA O'Brien; N Oldridge; NR Powe; KA Robinson; GG Schwartz; J Segal; W Shen; HH Tomasik; C Turl
VENEZUELA
AJ Martí-Carvajal
ZIMBABWE
J Manyemba
We thank the following people for their peer review input:
ARGENTINA:
Saul Drajer
AUSTRALIA
Clare Collins; Patricia Davidson; Professor Feeney; Anthea Magarey; Elmer Villanueva
AUSTRIA
Harald Herkner
BELGIUM
Prof. De Backer; Rik Gosselink
BRAZIL
E Lima Jnr
CANADA
David Alter; Heather Boon; Margaret Harrison; W.J. Kostuk; Doug Lee; Kirk Magee; A McKelvie; G Nichol; Tom Overend; Joan Robinson; Koon Teo; AGG Turpi; JC Villar
DENMARK
H R Andersen; N Villebro
FRANCE
Dijillali Annane; M Bertrand; Michel Komajda; Paul Marik
GERMANY
E Grube; HW Hense; RK Kiefer; K Linde; J Vom Dahl; C von Schacky; EP Walmer
GREECE
GS Filippatos
INDIA
Johnson Francis
ISRAEL
PJ Hashkes; Michael Shechter
ITALY
G Biondi Zoccai;G Santoro
NETHERLANDS
Stefan Dieleman
NEW ZEALAND
C Farquhar; Jim Mann; L Voss
MALAYSIA
AM Choy
PHILIPPINES
DRK Salvador
SOUTH AFRICA
Pat Commerford; R De Decker; J Lawrenson; B Mayosi; L Opie
SPAIN
J Alonso; X Bosch; C Brotons; J Brugada; J Marrugat; J Muniz
SINGAPORE
C Chen
SWITZERLAND
Eduardo De Benedetti; Janine Dorffler-Melly; Philip Urban
TURKEY
Mehmet Kaplan
UK
Akinyemi Aje; Gensini Angelini; Raimondo Ascione; Christopher Bass; Hugh Bethell; Norman Briffa; Peter Brindle; Tamara Brown; Mike Burr; Doug Carroll; Andrew Clark; Alison Colleta; John Cordina; Franco Cuilli; George Dresser; Matthias Egger; Edzard Ernst; Mark Field; Marcus Flather; Hazel Fullerton; Patricia MGraves; Elaine Griffiths; Roger Harbord; Kate Hey; Richard Heller; Andrew Herxheimer; Ruaraidh Hill; Yingfen Hsia; Graham Jackson; Philip James; Kathleen Jones; Lisa Jones; Karl Karsh; Malcom Law; Debbie Lawlor; Greg Lip; Richard Mayou; Graham MacGregor; Hannah McGee (Ireland); John McMurray; Chris Metcalf; Paul Miller; JNolan; Julie Parkes; Andrew Parry; Tessa Parsons; Peter W. Pflugfelder; MaxPittler; John Potter; Tom Quinn; Karen Rees; Dr Reimsma; Arvind Rengarajan; Lance Richard; Julian Shield; Lindsay Stead; David Taggart; Fiona Taylor; Rod Taylor; Rachel Thompson; Richard Thompson; Margaret Thorogood; Gillian Todd; RobertTulloh; Tom Spyt; Carolyn Summerbell; Richard Vass; Abel Wakai; Dr Whitton
USA
Heather Arthur; Karen Becker; Leonard Cobb; Mario Deng; Giorigio Ghigliotti; Abby King; Carolynn Kohn; Steven Lipshulz; Susan Mandel; Karin Michels; Mohsen Sharifi; Nick Smith; Leonardo Tamariz; Thomas Wakefield; Zefeng Zhang
ZIMBABWE
Juliet Manyemba
We thank the following consumers for their contribution to the work of the Heart Group:
AUSTRALIA
Josephine Chow; Carrick Henderson; Janet Wale; Amy Zelmer
BOLIVIA
Gregorio Gonzales
CANADA
Kathy Craig; Margery Konan; Anne Lyddiatt; Jaqui Page; Anna Qualman; Durhane Wong-Reiger
NEW ZEALAND
Marilyn Oates
THAILAND
Chapen Choprapawon
SINGAPORE
Ms Miny Samuel
UK
Gill Gyte; Andrew Herxheimer; Kathleen Jones; Elizabeth Key; Eve Knight; Shirley Manknell; David Potter; Charles Rowe; Jane Royle; Morag Webb Gonzales; Chris Wornell
US
Jane Nadel; Maryann Napol; Durhane Wong-Reiger; Janet Yarrow
The following people have provided assistance with translating foreign language papers:
CHINA
Jing Li
ITALY
Andrea Conti
JAPAN
Mikako Hayashi; Hiroshi Miyashita
RUSSIA
Vasiliy Vlassov
UK
Celia Almeida; Trudy Bekkering; Lina Chen; Larissa Duffy; Lone Gale; Bruna Galobardes; Katerina Heikkila; Connie Junghans; Colette King; Radoslav Latinovic; Nicos Middleton; Jenny Tipping; Fenicia Vescio; Joanna Zakrewska; Catherine Zollmann