1. Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
2. Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department, Heart & Vascular Centre, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
3. Thoracic Research Centre, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Innovative Medical Forum, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland
4. UMG School of PhD Programmes Life Sciences & Technologies, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
5. Cardiac Surgery Unit, Luigi Sacco Hospital, 20157 Milan, Italy
6. Cardiology Cardiac Surgery Department (Centro Cuore), Centro Clinico Diagnostico G.B. Morgagni, 95125 Catania, Italy
7. Cardiac Surgery, Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
8. Department of Surgical and Morphological Sciences, Circolo Hospital, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy
9. Clinical Department of Cardiac Surgery, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
10. Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT, 90133 Palermo, Italy
11. Klinikum Nürnberg, Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, 90419 Nuremberg, Germany
12. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Santa Maria Hospital, GVM Care & Research, 70124 Bari, Italy
13. Dipartimento Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy
14. University Hospital—Section of Cardiac Surgery, 56124 Pisa, Italy