1. From the Department of Cardiology (G.C., M.V., P.M., G.P., R.F.), University of Ferrara, and Cardiovascular Research Center, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Gussago (Brescia); the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (P.F., M.B., F.B.), University of Ferrara; the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapies (D.G.), Center Study Haemostasis and Thrombosis, University of Ferrara; and the Medical Statistics Unit (G.P.), University of Brescia, Italy.