We thank the physicians, nurses, and patients involved in the RIVER Registry. SAS programming support was provided by Madhusudana Rao (Thrombosis Research Institute, London, UK). Editorial support was provided by Surekha Damineni (Thrombosis Research Institute, London, UK).
RIVER Registry Investigators
Global Steering Committee
Ajay K. Kakkar (UK) (Chair), A. John Camm (UK), Jean-Yves Le Heuzey (France), Keith A.A. Fox (UK), Jan Beyer-Westendorf (Germany), Sylvia Haas (Germany), Alexander G.G. Turpie (Canada).
Publications Committee
A. John Camm (UK) (Chair), Ajay K. Kakkar (UK), Karen S. Pieper (USA), Gloria Kayani (UK).
Audit Committee
Keith A.A. Fox (UK), Bernard J. Gersh (USA).
RIVER Principal Investigators
Europe
Denmark: P. Hildebrandt, H. Dominguez, W. Comuth, L. Frost, D.S. Moller, H. Christensen, L.M. Bruun.
France: A. Milhem, J. Gauthier, C. Mielot, S. Chanseaume, S. Chopra, A. Amlaiky, O. Tricot, V. Sierra, A. Dompnier, N. Zannad, A. Pinzani, A. Quatre, J. Mansourati, L. Fauchier, N. Badenco, E. Gandjbakhch, K.F. Chachoua, V. Malquarti, F. Pierron, F. Sacher, J. Taieb, J.M. Davy, E. Marijon, N. Lellouche, A. Leenhardt, A. Salem, I. Lesto, J.J. Muller, R. Garcia, J.P. Neau, J.B. Berneau.
Germany: N. Schön, D. Gulba, K.F. Appel, J. Merke, J. Dshabrailov, C. Bauknecht, O. Scheuermann, T. Schröder, W. Jung, A. Kopf, J. Brachmann, M. Leschke, J. Taggeselle, M. Seige, T. Läßig, S. Appel, M. Schmiedl, K. Müller, G.U. Heinz, C. Axthelm, K. Eberhard, B. Hügl, T. Schwarz, U. Sechtem.
Italy: A. Falanga, V. Rubino, L. Calo, W. Ageno, F. Massari, D. Imberti, L. Di Gennaro, F. Gaita, A. Margonato, G. Cannava, F. Capasso, I. Diemberger, F. Pelliccia, A. Cafolla, S. Bardari, L. Mattei, L. Ruocco, G. Boriani, D. Poli, S. Testa, C. Indolfi, R. Quintavalla, L. Mos.
Netherlands: G. Ladyjanskaia, I. Aksoy, M. Van De Wetering, L. Theunissen, F. Den Hartog, R. Nijmeijer, R. Van De Wal, S. Reinders, M. Patterson, E.D. Melker, R. Troquay.
Poland: J. Korecki, A. Szyszka, F. Diks, J. Sumis, J. Cygler, B. Miklaszewicz, E. Litwiejko-Pietrynczak, P. Napora, G. Drelich, T. Kawka-Urbanek, J.K. Wranicz, M. Mierzejewski, A. Drzewiecka, D. Wronska, I. Fares, J. Baska, K. Stania, W. Krzyzanowski, P. Miekus, M. Tyminski.
Russia: D. Dronov, S. Zenin, E. Isaeva, A. Lopukhov, V. Yakusevich, D. Kuznetsov, T. Kameneva, E. Pokushalov, V. Karetnikova, I. Dik, I. Karpushina, D. Nikolin, A. Doletsky, A. Ardashev, A. Timofeeva, O. Miller, N. Lyamina, Y. Shubik, S. Boldueva.
Spain: J.L. Blanco Coronado, C. Gonzalez Juanatey, E. Otero, D. Alonso, J. Torres Llergo, J. Gonzalez Lama, J.A.V. De Prada Tiffe, F.J. Garcia Seara, J.J. Gomez Doblas, J.A. Riancho, J.L. Clua-Espuny, J. Motero, V.I. Arrarte, D. Martin Raymondi, G. Isasti Aizpurua, F. Marin, J.A. Nieto, J. Fernandez Portales, P. Alvarez Garcia.
Sweden: I. Torstensson, B. Cederin, T. Kalm, U. Rosenqvist, J. Thulin, A. Hajimirsadeghi, M. Crisby.
UK: A. Manoj, A. Bakhai, A. Mistri, M. Krishnan, S. Kumar, S. Kirubakaran, H. Thomas, J. Camm, F. Ahmed, A.M. Ross, K. Barry, R. Stockwell, A. Broadley, M. Mamun, K. Chatterjee, J. Cooke, J. McCready, D. Dutta, K. John, P. Pandya, R. Howlett, P.Vinson, Lim, P. Foley, D. Bruce, A. Dixit, D. Broughton, J. Taylor, R. Schilling.
Middle East
Egypt: K. Leon, K. Saeed, S. Shaheen, M. Tawfik, A. Mortadda, M. Seleem, M.S.I Aly, G. Kazamel, M. Elbadry, S. Kamal, M. Hassan, M. Mostafa, M.E.S. Medhat, Ekhlas, R. Ghaleb, M.O. Taha, I. Daoud, H. Al Din, A.M. Imam, M.A. El Hameed, Helmy.
Saudi Arabia: M. Al-Murayeh, N. Akhtar, B.M. Matto, M.A. Ghani, O.A. Amoudi, M.M. Morsy, A.A.F Bashir, Y. M. Al Hossni, B. Al Ghamdi, Zia-ul-Sabah, S. Mir, D. Dardir, A. Masswary, A.R. Al Shehri, A. Masswary, J. Iqbal, M.A.J. Almansori.
UAE: C.G Venkitachalam, J. Kurian, J. Rao, A. Aisheh, A.A. Albawab, B. Subbaraman, A. Amanat, K.J. Esfehani, R. Lochan, A. Bin Brek, B. Mittal, Y. Ghazi, M. Krishna, S.B. Tabatabaei, P.S. Thoppil, S. Nasim, S. El Khider Nour.
Latin America
Brazil: P. Barros, A.P. Almeida, M. Andrade, B. Garbelini Jr., T.L. Silvestrini, Á.R. Alves Junior, C.E.B. de Lima, A. Kormann, G.G. de Lima, C. Halperin, D. Salvadori Junior, A.F. Freitas Jr., J.R. Gemelli, C.E. Ornelas, J.M.M. Dantas, J.L. Aziz, L.M. Backes, W.S. Barroso, M.S. Paiva, J. A. de Figueiredo Neto, F.R. dos Santos, J.A. de Lima Neto, R. Bergo, P.R. Salvador Junior.
Mexico: A.G. López, J.C.P Alva, M.A.A. Gamba, F.G. Padilla-Padilla, A.E.B. Ruiz.
Other countries:
Canada: J. Berlingieri, A. Bakbak, M. Gupta, K. Saunders, A. Costa-Vitali, P.R. Beaudry, R. Bhargava, Y. Khaykin, J.S. Healey, E. Crystal, Nadeau, Dhillon.
Australia: Alistair Begg, C. Anderson, S. Baveja, D. Cross, A. Catanchin, D. Brieger, K.T. Lim, P. Davidson, R. Tan, R. Bhindi, J. Hickey, J. Layland, M. Bloch, C. Itty, B. Singh, P. Carroll, A. Lee, G. Starmer, R. Lehman.
Funding
This work is supported by an unrestricted research grant from Bayer AG (Berlin, Germany) to the Thrombosis Research Institute (London, UK), which sponsors the RIVER registry. The funding source had no involvement in the data collection, data analysis or data interpretation.
Availability of data and materials
No additional data is available.