For at kunne deltage i forsøget skulle patienterne have haft en eller flere af følgende: hjerteinfarkt, slagtilfælde, perkutan kardiel intervention eller koronar arteriel bypass graft, akut koronarsyndrom, koronar arteriel sygdom eller perifer arteriel obstruktiv sygdom.
To be eligibile patients had to have had one or more of the following: myocardial infarction, stroke, percutaneous cardiac intervention or coronary artery bypass graft, acute coronary syndrome, coronary artery disease, or peripheral arterial obstructive disease.