Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery Research, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Main Line Health, Wynnewood, PA, USA; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Lankenau Heart Institute, Main Line Health, Wynnewood, PA, USA. Electronic address: massimo.baudo@icloud.com.
• ² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
• ³ Department of Cardiology and Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Hopital Cardiologique de Haut-Leveque, Bordeaux University Hospital, Pessac, France.
• ⁴ Department of Cardiac Surgery Research, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Main Line Health, Wynnewood, PA, USA.
• ⁵ Department of Cardiac Surgery Research, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Main Line Health, Wynnewood, PA, USA; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Lankenau Heart Institute, Main Line Health, Wynnewood, PA, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Cardiovascular Anesthesia and Critical Care, Hopital Cardiologique de Haut-Leveque, Bordeaux University Hospital, Pessac, France.