*Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
†Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
‡University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
§Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, Portland, USA
∥Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Syosset Hospital, Northwell Health, Syosset, New York, USA
¶Division of Vascular Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, USA
#University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
**Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
††Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, USA
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Contribution: Joseph Caprini, Kirill Lobastov, and Tomasz Urbanek designed the study; Kirill Lobastov, Tomasz Urbanek, and Eugeniy Stepanov collected the data; Kirill Lobastov and Tomasz Urbanek analyzed the data, Kirill Lobastov, Tomasz Urbanek, and Joseph Caprini wrote the manuscript; all authors critically reviewed the article for important intellectual content and gave final approval of the version to be published.
Funding: This study was not supported by any scientific grants or medical industry.
Conflicts of Interest: All authors declare no competing financial interests.
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