About the Authors

Marco Merlo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

marco.merlo79@gmail.com

Affiliation Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata (ASUITS) and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Enrico Ammirati

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation “De Gasperis” Cardio Center, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy

Piero Gentile

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata (ASUITS) and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Jessica Artico

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata (ASUITS) and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Antonio Cannatà

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata (ASUITS) and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Gherardo Finocchiaro

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiology Clinical and Academic Group, St. George’s, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Giulia Barbati

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Paola Sormani

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation “De Gasperis” Cardio Center, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy

Marisa Varrenti

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation “De Gasperis” Cardio Center, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy

Andrea Perkan

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata (ASUITS) and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Enrico Fabris

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata (ASUITS) and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Aneta Aleksova

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata (ASUITS) and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Rossana Bussani

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata (ASUITS) and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Duccio Petrella

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pathology Laboratories, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy

Manlio Cipriani

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation “De Gasperis” Cardio Center, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy

Claudia Raineri

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S.Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Maria Frigerio

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation “De Gasperis” Cardio Center, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy

Gianfranco Sinagra

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata (ASUITS) and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.