1. Department of Cardiology (D.N.T., G.C., M.P., D.K., P.S., I.D., P.K., S.V.K.), Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
2. Center for Cardiology, Cardiology I (R.G., A.H., E.B., I.D., T.M., K.S.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
3. Cardiothoracic Surgery Department (D.M., F.K.), Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
4. Department of Pathology (A.G.), Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
5. Department of Vascular Surgery (G.S.G., C.A.), Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
6. Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (S.V.K.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.