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Published in Int J Cardiol on June 27, 2014

Authors

Lars Wallentin1, Richard C Becker2, Christopher P Cannon3, Claes Held4, Anders Himmelmann5, Steen Husted6, Stefan K James4, Hugo A Katus7, Kenneth M Mahaffey8, Karen S Pieper9, Robert F Storey10, Philippe Gabriel Steg11, Robert A Harrington8, PLATO Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: lars.wallentin@ucr.uu.se.
2: Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute, Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
3: Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Clinical Research Institute, Boston MA, USA.
4: Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
5: AstraZeneca Research and Development, Mölndal, Sweden.
6: Medical Department, Hospital Unit West, Herning/Holstbro, Denmark.
7: Medizinishe Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
8: Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
9: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
10: Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
11: INSERM-Unité, 1148, Paris, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire FIRE, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France; Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne-Paris Cité, Paris, France; NHLI Imperial College, ICMS, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.

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