About the Authors

Valeria Guglielmi

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Luciano Maresca

Affiliation Diagnostic Imaging Department, Policlinico Casilino, Rome, Italy

Chiara Lanzillo

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Policlinico Casilino, Rome, Italy

Giorgia Michela Marinoni

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Monica D’Adamo

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Mauro Di Roma

Affiliation Diagnostic Imaging Department, Policlinico Casilino, Rome, Italy

Paolo Preziosi

Affiliation Diagnostic Imaging Department, Policlinico Casilino, Rome, Italy

Alfonso Bellia

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Leonardo Calò

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Policlinico Casilino, Rome, Italy

Paolo Sbraccia

sbraccia@med.uniroma2.it

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VG LM CL. Performed the experiments: VG LM CL GMM MDR. Analyzed the data: VG CL AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD PP LC. Wrote the paper: VG PS AB.