Pinto-Plata, Victor http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8038-1952
Casanova, Ciro
Divo, Miguel
Tesfaigzi, Yohannes
Calhoun, Vince
Sui, Jing
Polverino, Francesca
Priolo, Carmen
Petersen, Hans
de Torres, Juan Pablo
Marin, Jose Maria
Owen, Caroline A.
Baz, Rebeca
Cordova, Elizabeth
Celli, Bartolome
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1P50HL107165-0, 1P50HL107165-0)
Article History
Received: 15 March 2019
Accepted: 15 August 2019
First Online: 15 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the IRB at both institutions (St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA study #0299GWL0 and Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain IRB# 258/2009). All patients agree to participate and signed a consent form.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.