1 Department of Thromboembolic Disorders, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
2 Krakow Centre for Medical Research and Technologies, John Paul II Hospital, Kraków, Poland
3 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
4 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
5 Department of Thromboembolic Disorders, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland; Krakow Centre for Medical Research and Technologies, John Paul II Hospital, Kraków, Poland. j.natorska@szpitaljp2.krakow.pl