¹Sapienza School for Advanced Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

²Unità Operativa di Interventistica Cardiovascolare, Pineta Grande Hospital, Castel Volturno, Italy

³Unità Operativa di Emodinamica, Santa Lucia Hospital, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Italy

⁴Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

⁵Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Napoli, Italy.

Corresponding author: Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy. Email: [email protected].

Funding: None

Disclosure: Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai has consulted for Balmed, Cardionovum, Crannmedical, Eukon, Innovheart, Guidotti, Meditrial, Microport, Opsens Medical, Replycare, Teleflex, and Terumo. All other authors report no conflict of interest.