1 Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata Giuliano Isontina (ASUGI), University of Trieste, Via Pietro Valdoni 7, 34100, Trieste, Italy.
2 Department of Cardiovascular Science, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
3 Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
4 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
5 Biostatistics Unit, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
6 MOX, Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
7 National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
8 Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata Giuliano Isontina (ASUGI), University of Trieste, Via Pietro Valdoni 7, 34100, Trieste, Italy. marco.merlo79@gmail.com.