Trial Steering Committee (TSC)
Prof. Dr. Oliver J. Liakopoulos (PCI), Chairperson
Department for Cardiothoracic Surgery
Heart Center, Cologne University Hospital, Cologne, Germany
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Wahlers (Co-PCI)
Director, Department for Cardiothoracic Surgery
Heart Center, Cologne University Hospital, Cologne, Germany
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Matthias Thielmann
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
West German Heart Center, University of Essen, Essen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Walter Lehmacher
Director, Institute for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology,
University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Dr. Ursula Paulus
Center for Clinical Trials, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Prof. Dr. Oliver Cornely
Center for Clinical Trials, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Dr. Elmar W. Kuhn
Department for Cardiothoracic Surgery
Heart Center, Cologne University Hospital, Cologne, Germany
Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Laufs, Cardiologist
Department of Cardiology
University Hospital Homburg, Homburg, Germany
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Hilmar Dörge, Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Director, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Fulda, Germany
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Köpcke, Statistician
Institute of Medical Informatics and Biomathematics
University of Münster, Münster, Germany
