1 Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK. Electronic address: mohamad.bashir@southwales.ac.uk.
2 Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, UK.
3 Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
4 Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
5 Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia.
6 Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
7 University of Rome "Tor Vergata" School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
8 Tepecik Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
9 Necmettin Erbakan University, Medicine Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Konia, Turkey.
10 FFIS/IMIB/Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
11 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain.
12 University of Health Sciences Sancaktepe Sehit, Istanbul, Turkey.
13 Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy.
14 Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
15 Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
16 University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
17 University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
18 "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
19 Sant'Andrea Hospital of Rome, Rome, Italy.
20 University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
21 University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
22 ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
23 UZG-Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
24 The Clinical Hospital Zan Mitrev, Skopje, Macedonia.
25 IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
26 Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal.
27 University of Bialystok, Białystok, Poland.
28 UOC Chirurgia Vascolare, Rome, Italy.
29 Poliambulanza Foundation Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
30 San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Florence, Italy.
31 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
32 Unit of Vascular Surgery at "SS.Amtonio e Biagio e C. Arrigo" Hospital, Alessandria, Italy.
33 University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
34 Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
35 Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côte, Morges, Switzerland.
36 Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
37 University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
38 Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria School of Medicine, Varese University Hospital, Varese, Italy.
39 Swansea Trials Unit, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
40 Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK.
41 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.