Penha, Diana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3358-6875
Pinto, Erique http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6648-9270
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: 16 March 2021
Accepted: 2 June 2021
First Online: 25 June 2021
Declarations
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: The study project was approved at the by the head of Research & Innovation Committee of the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Dr. Bashir Matata at the Research Committee meeting on 12/07/2019. For this retrospective cross-sectional study (observational, analytical) there was a wave of the requirement for written informed consent due to the use of existing clinical data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.