1 General Cardiology Unit, Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy. emanuelececchi@virgilio.it.
2 Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
3 Center for Atherothrombotic Diseases, Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.