1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Vascular Centre, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
2. Department of Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Milan, Italy
3. Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
4. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, New York
5. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
6. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Struttura Complessa Anestesia e Rianimazione 2 Anestesia e Rianimazione Cardiotoracica, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
7. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliera Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
8. Department of Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Ancona, Italy
9. Division of Cardiac Surgery, Santa Maria Hospital, Gruppo Villa Maria Care & Research, Bari, Italy
10. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
11. Division of Cardiothoracic Intensive Care, Cardiothoracic Department, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
12. Department of Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milano, Italy
13. Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico-Istituto mediterraneo per i trapianti e terapie ad alta specializzazione, Palermo, Italy
14. Cardiovascular Department, Cardiac Intensive Care and Anesthesiology Unit, Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy
15. Department of Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Ovest Milanese, Legnano, Italy
16. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Unità operativa complessa Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale San Gerardo, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Monza, Monza, Italy
17. Department of Cardiac, Cardiologic Intensive Care Unit, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
18. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
19. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Regionale San Carlo, Potenza, Italy
20. Department of Cardiac Anesthesia, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy
21. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Unità operativa complessa Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milano, Italy
22. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Siena, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
23. Department of Medicine, and Surgery, Unit of Cardiac Surgery, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale dei Sette Laghi, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
24. Division of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Surgery Department, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
25. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Valtellina e Alto Lario, Sondrio, Italy
26. Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
27. Unità operativa semplice dipartimentale Cardiac Surgery, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, ASL Città di Torino, Turin, Italy
28. Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ca’Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
29. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Cardiothoracic and Vascular Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
30. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and ICU, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.