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Investigators

NameInstitutionLocation
Mario F. L. Gaudino, Principal InvestigatorDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, NY, USA
Stephen Fremes, Principal InvestigatorSunnybrook Health Science, University of TorontoToronto, ON, Canada
John H. AlexanderDuke Clinical Research Institute, Duke HealthDurham, NC, USA
Faisal G. BakaeenCleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, OH, USA
Karla BallmanDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, NY, USA
Fabio BariliDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, S. Croce e Carle HospitalCuneo, Italy
Antonio Maria CalafioreFondazione Giovanni Paolo IICampobasso, Italy
Piroze DavierwalaHerzzentrum LeipzigLeipzig, Germany
Steven GoldmanDepartment of Medicine, University of ArizonaTucson, AZ, USA
Peter KappeteinThoraxcenter, Erasmus MCRotterdam, Netherlands
Roberto LorussoMaastricht University Medical CentreMaastricht, Netherlands
Darren MylotteGalway University HospitalsGalway, Ireland
Domenico PaganoUniversity Hospital BirminghamBirmingham, UK
Marc RuelUniversity of Ottawa Heart InstituteOttawa, ON, Canada
Thomas SchwannThe University of ToledoToledo, OH, USA
Hisayoshi SumaSuma Heart ClinicTokyo, Japan
David P. TaggartUniversity of OxfordOxford, UK
Robert F. TranbaughDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, NY, USA

Trial Steering Committee

NameInstitutionLocation
Mario F. L. Gaudino, Principal Investigator Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, NY, US
Stephen Fremes, Principal Investigator Sunnybrook Health Science, University of TorontoToronto, ON, Canada
John Alexander Duke Clinical Research InstituteDurham, NC, US
Karla Ballman Department of Biostatics & Epidemiology, Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, NY, US
Faisal G. BakaeenCleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, OH, US
Antonio Maria CalafioreCampobasso, Italy
Piroze DavierwalaHerzzentrum Leipzig
Peter Kappetein Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MCRotterdam, The Netherlands
Roberto LorussoMaastricht University Medical CentreMaastricht, The Netherlands
Darren MylotteGalway University HospitalsGalway, Ireland
Domenico Pagano University Hospital Birmingham-Queen ElizabethBirmingham, UK
Marc RuelUniversity of OttawaOttawa, Canada
Thomas SchwannThe University of ToledoToledo, OH, US
David P TaggartUniversity of OxfordOxford, UK
Robert F. TranbaughWeill Cornell MedicineNew York, NY, US

Participating Centers

  1. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, US
  2. Herzzentrum Leipzig, Germany
  3. Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  4. Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  5. Sunnybrook Health Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  6. Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
  7. University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada
  8. University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, US
  9. Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, US
  10. Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital Manhattan, New York, NY, US
  11. Anthea Hospital, Bari, GVM Care and Research, Italy
  12. Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Italy
  13. Bad Oeynhausen Hospital, Germany
  14. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
  15. European Hospital, Roma, Italy
  16. Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy
  17. Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II, Campobasso, Italy
  18. Fu-Wai Hospital, Beijing, China
  19. Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  20. Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  21. Jilin Heart Hospital, China
  22. National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
  23. Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milan, Italy
  24. Ospedale Le Molinette, Torino, Italy
  25. Praceta Mota Pinto, Coimbra, Portugal
  26. Saitama Medical University, Japan
  27. St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  28. TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital (TICH), Tianjin, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China
  29. Trilium Health Partners, Mississauga Hospital, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
  30. Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH, Giessen, Germany
  31. Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg, Germany
  32. Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
  33. University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
  34. Azienda ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy
  35. Bakulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow, Russia
  36. Campus Biomedico, Roma, Italy
  37. Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland
  38. Citta’ di Lecce Hospital, GVM Care and Research, Italy
  39. Düsseldorf University, Düsseldorf, Germany
  40. Fundacardio Foundation, Valencia, Venezuela
  41. Heart Institute of Pernambuco, Brazil
  42. Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece
  43. Hiratsuka Kyosai Heart Center, Japan
  44. Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
  45. Mainz University, Mainz, Germany
  46. Maria Eleonora Hospital, Palermo, GVM Care and Research, Italy
  47. MEDICA Superspeciality Hospital, West Bengal, India
  48. München-Sud Hospital, München, Germany
  49. National Institute of Cardiology, Mexico City
  50. OLV Clinic, Aalst, Belgium
  51. Ospedale A. Manzoni, Lecco, Italy
  52. Ospedale Mauriziano, Torino, Italy
  53. Policlinico San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
  54. Queen Alia Heart Institute, Amman Jordan
  55. Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
  56. Robert-Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
  57. Sana Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
  58. Sejong General Hospital, Sejong, Korea
  59. Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
  60. Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
  61. Trier Hospital, Germany
  62. Universita’ degli Studi Gabriele D’Annunzio Chieti, Italy
  63. University of Alexandria, Egypt
  64. Villa Maria Hospital Bari, GVM Care and Research, Italy
  65. Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea
  66. Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital Queens, Queens, NY, US

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Mario F. L. Gaudino, M.D.
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