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Authors
Pasta, Gilda
Frassanito, Luciano
Maciariello, Maria
Iermano, Carmine
Accardo, Rosanna
Belli, Andrea
Sansone, Pasquale
Coppolino, Francesco
Pota, Vincenzo
Vassalli, Francesco
Cuomo, Arturo
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Article History
Received: 24 November 2025
Accepted: 3 February 2026
First Online: 11 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics committee on 27th May 2024 (Prot. 33/24).
: All patients provided written informed consent. For those who were non-contactable or deceased, a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) was carried out in accordance with the GDPR and Article 110-bis of the Italian Privacy Code.
: Dr L. Frassanito and Dr G. Pasta have received funding from Edwards Life sciences (Irvine, California, USA) for educational and teaching activities. The remaining authors declare no competing interests. These activities were unrelated to the present study, and the manufacturer had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, manuscript preparation, or decision to submit the manuscript.
