^aDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery

^bDepartment of Anatomopathology

^cDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Saint Etienne, Saint Priest en Jarez, France

Correspondence to Salvatore Campisi, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Saint Etienne, Avenue Albert Raimond, 42270 Saint Priest en Jarez, France Tel: +33 04 77 82 90 58; fax: +33 04 77 82 84 53; e-mail: [email protected]

Received 24 March, 2022

Revised 3 November, 2022

Accepted 26 November, 2022