1 University of Foggia, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Foggia, Italy; Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik - St Georg, Hamburg, Germany.
2 University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II (Cardiology/Angiology/Intensive Care Medicine), German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
3 University of Foggia, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Foggia, Italy.
4 Department of Cardiology, Santa Maria degli Angeli Hospital, Putignano, Apulia, Italy.
5 GVM Care & Research, Santa Maria Hospital, Bari, Italy.
6 University of Foggia, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: natale.brunetti@unifg.it.