Guedes Pinto, Erique http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6648-9270
Penha, Diana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3358-6875
Hochhegger, Bruno http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1984-4636
Monaghan, Colin
Marchiori, Edson http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-7380
Taborda-Barata, Luís http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6649-8890
Irion, Klaus http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-7879
Article History
Received: 2 November 2021
Accepted: 10 March 2022
First Online: 18 March 2022
Declarations
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: The study project was approved by the head of the Research & Innovation Committee of the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Dr. Bashir Matata, at the Research Committee meeting on 12/07/2019. The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Institutional review board approved this study along with Informed consent waiver due to the use of existing clinical data. The study was conducted in accordance with the spirit and letter of the Helsinki Declaration, the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) recommendations, and the applicable legal protocols and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.