1 Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy; Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Heart and Vascular Center, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].
2 Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Heart and Vascular Center, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht, the Netherlands.
3 Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy; Department of Cardiac Surgery - Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Città di Lecce Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Lecce, Italy.