aDepartment of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiologic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome

bDepartment of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina

cIRCCS NeuroMed, Pozzilli

dMediterranea Cardiocentro, Naples, Italy

Correspondence to Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, MD, Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100 Latina, Italy E-mail: [email protected]

Received 3 July, 2023

Accepted 12 July, 2023