Table 4 Ethics Committees

01 Laurent Barandon, MD /

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux

Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery

Bordeaux. France

Comité de Protection Des Personnes Sud-Ouest et Outre Mer III

146 Rue Léo Saignat, 33,000 Bordeaux, France

02 Prof. Jaroslav Lindner /

Chirurgická klinika kardiovaskulární chirurgie

General University Hospital in Prague

Prague. Czech Republic

Etická komise

Všeobecné fakultní nomocnice v Praze

(Ethics Committee of the General University Hospital in Prague)

Na Bojišti 1

128 08 Prague 2

Prague, Czech Republic

Chairman: MUDr. Josef Šedivý, Csc.

Date: 18 Oct 2012

03 Petr Šantavý, MD, PhD /

Kardiochirurgická klinika

University Hospital Olomouc

Olomouc. Czech Republic

Fakultní Nemocnice Olomouc

Etická komise Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc a Lékařske fakulty UP v Olomouci

(Ethics Committee of the University Hospital Olomouc)

I.P. Pavlova 6775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Chairman: doc. MUDr. Vladko Horčička, Csc.

Approval date: 18 February 2013

04 Jan Burkert, MD, PhD /

Klinika kardiovaskulární chirurgie

University Hospital Motol, Dept. Cardiac Surgery

Motol. Czech Republic

Etická komis FN MOTOL

V úvalu 84

150 06 Praha 5 – Motol, Czech Republic

Chairman: MU Dr. Jiří Škopek, PhD.

Approval date: 13 November 2013

05 Amando Gamba MD / Giordano Tasca /

Cardiac Surgery

Ospedale Manzoni di Lecco

Lecco, Italy

Comitato Etico Interaziendale delle Province di Lecco, Como e Sondrio

Via dell’Eremo 9/1123900 Lecco, Italy

Chairman: Dr. Antonio Giuseppe Cusumano

Approval date: 12 Mar 2013

06 Prof. Carlo Antona /

Ospedale Luigi Sacco Polo Universitario Dip

Cardiocerebrovascolare

Milan, Italy

Eitco Interaziendale Milano Area

Ospedale Luigi Sacco Polo Universitario

Milan. Italy

Chairman: Prof. Emilio Trabucchi

Approval date: 21 Nov 2014