About the Authors

Victor Dayan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centro Cardiovascular Universitario, Hospital de Clinicas, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay

Juan Andres Montero

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centro Cardiovascular Universitario, Hospital de Clinicas, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay

Nick Freemantle

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

nicholas.freemantle@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

UCL receives funding from EACTS for methodological advice and teaching. Fee for consultation for ALK, AstraZeneca and Sanofi Aventis and sit on a data monitoring committee for Orion. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.