Table 4.

Trial Steering Committee membership

Name	Trial Role	Title	Affiliation
Professor G Vermes	Patient Lay Member	Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Studies	Oxford
Professor D Altman	Statistician	Professor of Statistics in Medicine,	Oxford
Professor J Dark	Lead Surgeon	Professor of Cardiac Surgery	Newcastle
Ms B Farrell	Trials Advisor	Co-Director, Resource Centre for Randomised Trials	Oxford
Dr M Flather	Co-Principal Investigator	Director, CTEU, Royal Brompton Hospital	London
Professor A Gray	Health Economist	Professor of Health Economics	Oxford
Professor J Pepper	Lead Surgeon	Professor of Cardiac Surgery	London
Professor P Sleight	CHAIRMAN	Emeritus Professor Cardiology	Oxford
Professor K Channon	Cardiologist	Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery	Oxford
Dr R Stables	Independent Cardiologist	Consultant Cardiologist	Liverpool
Professor D Taggart	Chief Investigator	Consultant Cardiac Surgeon	Oxford