Bassetti, Beatrice
Carbucicchio, Corrado
Catto, Valentina
Gambini, Elisa
Rurali, Erica
Bestetti, Alberto
Gaipa, Giuseppe
Belotti, Daniela
Celeste, Fabrizio
Parma, Matteo
Righetti, Stefano
Biava, Lorenza
Arosio, Maurizio
Bonomi, Alice
Agostoni, Piergiuseppe
Scacciatella, Paolo
Achilli, Felice
Pompilio, Giulio http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2581-5735
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (RF-2010-2321151)
Amici del Cuore Piemonte ONLUS (-)
Article History
Received: 13 July 2018
Revised: 30 July 2018
Accepted: 2 August 2018
First Online: 14 September 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study complied with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the local ethical committees (CCFM225/612 and CS/154) and the Italian Competent Authority (Istituto Superiore di Sanità , 15,934(13)PRE21-1199). The institutional review board at each center approved the protocol and all patients gave informed consent prior to participation. Patients were excluded in the case of denial and might withdraw from the study at any time, irrespective of the reason.
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