1 Department of Rheumatology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
2 Department of General Surgery, Surgical Specialties and Organ Transplantation "Paride Stefanini," Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
3 Prima Clinica Medica, Atherothrombosis Centre, Department of Clinical, Internal Medicine, Anaesthesiologic, & Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
4 Department of Medicine & Health Sciences 'V.Tiberio', University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
5 Multimedica SRL, Naples, Italy.
6 Immune Response and Vascular Disease Unit, CEDOC, Nova University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
7 Department of Haematology, Dumfries Royal Infirmary, Dumfries, United Kingdom.