About the Authors

Alessandra Casonato

andra.casonato@unipd.it

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy

Maria Grazia Cattini

Affiliation Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy

Viviana Daidone

Affiliation Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy

Elena Pontara

Affiliation Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy

Antonella Bertomoro

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy

Paolo Prandoni

Affiliation Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC. Performed the experiments: MGC VD EP. Analyzed the data: VD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC. Wrote the paper: AC VD. Attended patients: AB. Discussed the results: PP.