Zerikiotis, Stelios http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0745-3224
Angelidis, Charalampos
Dhima, Irida
Naka, Katerina K.
Kasioumi, Panagiota
Kalfakakou, Vasiliki
Peschos, Dimitrios
Vezyraki, Patra
Article History
Received: 13 June 2018
Accepted: 30 October 2018
First Online: 2 November 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were approved by the Ethics Committee of the “Michaelidion” Cardiac Center, University of Ioannina, Greece, and were in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. All applicable international, national and institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. All procedures performed in this study involving laboratory animals were in accordance with the guidelines of the European Community for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes. All conducted experimental protocols were approved by the Veterinarian Services of the Prefecture of Ioannina in compliance with the Greek legislation for breeding and handling animals subject to the European Directives.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.