Acknowledgments
The authors thank Beatriz Viejo, PhD., Chiranjit Ghosh, PhD. and Rahul
Lad, PhD. (NBS CONEXTS-Medical & Clinical Solutions, Novartis) for
providing medical writing support and editorial assistance that were
funded by Novartis Farmacéutica, S.A. in accordance with Good
Publication Practice guidelines and Prof. Christian Domingo for his
advice on this manuscript. They also thank all the researchers
participating in this study, all from Spanish hospitals: Ada Luz Andreu
Rodríguez, Adalberto Pacheco Galván, Adolfo Baloira Villar, Alberto Levy
Nahon, Ana Gómez-Bastero Fernández, Ana Montoro de Francisco, Ángel
Blasco Sarramian, Ángel Ferrer Torres, Antonio León Jiménez, Antonio
Moreno Fernández, Antonio Pablo Arenas Vacas, Astrid Crespo Lessmann,
Beatriz Huertas Barbudo, Beatriz Rodríguez Jiménez, Carlos Almonacid
Sánchez, Carlos Martínez Rivera, Carlos Sanjuas Benito, Celia Pinedo
Sierra, Consuelo Fernández Rodríguez, Enrique Macias Fernández, Fernando
Ruiz Mori, Francisco Javier Guerra, Gemma Jorro Martínez, Gerardo Pérez
Chica, Irene de Lorenzo García, Isabel María Flores Martín, Isabel
Molero Sancho, Jacinto Ramos González, Joan Serra Batlles, Joaquín
Quiralte Enríquez, José Angel Carretero, José Antonio Gullón Blanco,
José Carlos Orta Cuevas, Jose Fernando Florido López, Juan Guallar
Ballester, Lucía Gimeno Casanova, Luis Carazo Fernández, Luis Mateos
Caballero, María José Torres Jaén, Manuel Agustín Sojo González, Manuel
García Marron, Mar Mosteiro Añon, María Angeles Peña, María Jesús
Rodríguez Nieto, Maria Purificación Jiménez, Marta Reche Frutos,
Mercedes Cimarra Alvarez, Miguel Angel Díaz Palacios, Miguel Angel
Tejedor Alonso, Patricia Mata Calderón, Pedro Cabrera-Navarro, Pilar
Cebollero Rivas, Pilar Serrano Delgado, Rafael Llatser Oliva, Ramón
Rodríguez Pacheco, Rosa Irigay Canals, Ruperto González Pérez, Sandra
Dorado Arenas, Sheila Cabrejos Perotti, Teodoro Montemayor Rubio,Vanesa
Vicens Zygmunt, Héctor Manuel González Expósito, Marina Blanco Aparicio.