Plamadeala, Natalia https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8781-1216
Lee, Wai Gin Don https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2199-5364
Ruffo, Antonio
Preto, Mirko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-6498
Di Giovanni, Angelo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7172-4079
Tagdiwala, Parth
Esposito, Fabio
Gontero, Paolo
Ralph, David
Falcone, Marco https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-892X
Article History
Received: 6 July 2025
Revised: 15 March 2026
Accepted: 3 April 2026
First Online: 23 April 2026
Competing interests
: Dr. Marco Falcone serves as a Deputy Editor of this journal. He had no involvement in the peer-review process or in the editorial decision regarding this manuscript. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committees and the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Ethical approval (Protocol Number 00195/2021) was obtained at each participating centre. All subjects provided written informed consent to participate in the study and to publish this paper. The authors obtained written informed consent for the publication of the images.