Australia University of Melbourne (Anne Marie Weber, MD, Geoffrey a Donnan MD, Phd)

Coinvestigators

BASICS study group

Australia–Anne Marie Weber, MD; Geoffrey A Donnan, MD (University of Melbourne, site investigators).

Belgium – Vincent Thijs, MD (University Hospital, Leuven, site investigator); André Peeters, MD (University Hospital St. Luc, Brussels, site investigator).

Brasil – Gabriel de Freitas, MD (University of Rio de Janeiro, site investigator); Adriana B Conforto, MD; Maramelia Miranda-Alves, MD; Ayrton R Massaro, MD (Federal University of Sao Paolo, site investigators).

Finland – Petra Ijäs, MD; Tanya Bogoslovsky, MD; Perttu J Lindsberg, MD (University of Helsinki, site investigators).

Germany – Christian Weimar, MD; Jens Benemann, MD; Klaus Kraywinkel, MD (German Stroke Database, site investigators); Christian Haverkamp, MD (University Hospital Freiburg, site investigator); Dominik Michalski, MD (Leipzig University, site investigator); Christian Weimar, MD (University Hospital Essen, site investigator); Karin Weissenborn, MD (Medical University Hannover, site investigator); Michael Goertler, MD (University Hospital Magdeburg, site investigator); Antje Kloth, MD (University Hospital Rostock, site investigator); Andreas Bitsch, MD (Kliniken Neuruppin, site investigator); Thomas Mieck, MD (Bürger Hospital, Stuttgart, site investigator); Jochen Machetanz, MD (Heinrich Braun Krankenhaus, Zwickau, site investigator); Peter Möller, MD (Sofien and Hufeland Hospital, Weimar, site investigator); Roman Huber, MD (University Hospital, Ulm, site investigator); Stephen Kaendler, MD (Hospital Heidenheim, site investigator); Cristina Rueckert, MD (St. Elisabeth Hospital, Ravensburg, site investigator); Heinrich J Audebert, MD; Robert Müller, MD; Bijan Vatankhah, MD (TEMPiS Network Bavaria, site investigator);Thomas Pfefferkorn, MD;Thomas E Mayer, MD (University of Munich, site investigators); Kristina Szabo, MD (Universitätsklinikum Mannheim, site investigator); Claudia Disque, MD (Dresden University, site investigator); Otto Busse, MD (Klinikum Minden, site investigator); Christian Berger, MD; Werner Hacke, MD (University of Heidelberg, site investigators).

Israel – Yvonne Schwammenthal, MD; David Orion, MD;David Tanne, MD (ShebaMedicalCenter, site investigators).

Italy –Mauro Bergui, MD (University of Turin, site investigator);Eugenio Pozzati, MD (University of Bologna, site investigator).

Netherlands – Wouter J Schonewille, MD (St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, principal investigator);Ale Algra, MD, PhD; L Jaap Kappelle, MD(University Medical Center Utrecht, members steering committee); Geert Jan Luijckx, MD,PhD; Patrik Vroomen, MD(University Medical Center Groningen, site investigators); Mervyn D Vergouwen, MD, PhD; Yvo Roos, MD, PhD; Jan Stam, MD(Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, site investigators); Paul Bienfait, MD (Gelre Hospital Apeldoorn, site investigator); Frank E de Leeuw, MD(University Medical Center Nijmegen, site investigator); Paul de Kort, MD(St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, site investigator); Diederik Dippel, MD(Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, site investigator).

Scotland – Tracey Baird, MD; Keith Muir, MD (Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, site investigators).

Spain – Jorge Pagola, MD; Marc Ribo, MD;Carlos Molina, MD (Hospital Val ‘d Hebron, Barcelona, site investigators);Alejandro Gonzales, MD; Carlos Molina, MD (Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, site investigators).

Sweden – Bo Norrving, MD (LundUniversity, site investigator).

Switzerland – Marcel Arnold, MD; Urs Fischer, MD; Jan Gralla, MD; Heinrich Mattle, MD; Gerhard Schroth, MD (Inselspital, Bern, site investigators); Patrik Michel, MD(Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, member steering committee); Stefan T Engelter, MD; Stephan G Wetsel, MD; Philippe A Lyrer, MD (University Hospital Basel, site investigators); Joubin Gandjour, MD; Ralph Baumgartner, MD (University Hospital Zurich, site investigators); Barbara Tettenborn, MD (Kantonsspital St. Gallen, site investigator); Hansjoerg Hungerbuehler, MD (Kantonsspital Aarau, site investigator).

USA – Christine AC Wijman, MD(Stanford Stroke Center, Palo Alto, member steering committee); Anna Finley Caulfield, MD; Maarten Lansberg, MD; Neil Schwartz, MD; Chitra Venkatasubramanian, MD (Stanford Stroke Center, Palo Alto, site investigators); Zolt Garami, MD; Simon van den Bogaard, MD; Frank Yatzu, MD; James Grotta, MD (University of Texas, Houston, site investigators).