Department of Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Department of Cardiology, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
Research and Development, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Clinical Trials Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Department of Health Economics, Brunel University, London, UK
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Plymouth Hospital, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK
Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Trial institutions (all in the UK): Papworth Hospital, Cambridge; Glenfield Hospital, Leicester; University of Leeds, Leeds; Brunel University, London; Derriford Hospital, Plymouth; Northern General Hospital, Sheffield; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London; Freeman Hospital, Newcastle; Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester; Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton; University Hospital, Coventry; Royal Brompton Hospital, London; Guy’s & St Thomas’s Hospital, London; Victoria Hospital, Blackpool.
Corresponding author. Papworth Hospital, Cambridge CB23 3RE, UK. Tel: +44-1480-364807; fax: +44-1480-364744; e-mail: [email protected] (S.A.M. Nashef).
Received January 12, 2018
Received in revised form March 01, 2018
Accepted March 12, 2018