MINERVA CARDIOLOGY AND ANGIOLOGY

Hybrid journal

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Angiology and Vascular Medicine - SIAPAV, affiliated to Italian College of Phlebology (CIF), Italian Society of Microcirculation (SIM)
Indexed/Abstracted in: EMBASE, PubMed/MEDLINE, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Scopus
Impact Factor 1.6

Bi-Monthly

pISSN 2724-5683

eISSN 2724-5772

EDITORIAL BOARD

Chief Editor

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai
Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

Deputy Editors

Antonio Abbate
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Chiara Bernelli
Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure, Italy

Michela Casella
“Ospedali Riuniti” University Hospital, Ancona, Italy

Elena Cavarretta
Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

Giacomo Frati
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Oscar Maleti
Hesperia Hospital, Modena, Italy

Stéphane Manzo-Silberman
Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris, France

Enrico Romagnoli
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Associate Editors

Rasha Al-Lamee
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK

Matteo Anselmino
University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Alaide Chieffo
San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

Massimo Imazio
University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Sara Moscatelli
University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Valeria Paradies
Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Leonardo Roever
Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil

Pierre Sabouret
Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France

Sebastiano Sciarretta
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Patrick Serruys
National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

Carmen Spaccarotella
Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy

Giuseppe Tarantini
University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Ritu Thamman
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Francesco Versaci
Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy

Data Science Editors

Umberto Benedetto
University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Alessandra Spagnoli
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Junior Editors

Nicola R. Pugliese (Coordinator)
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Luca Baldetti
San Raffaele, Milano, Italy

Antonio Cannatà
Kings College, London, UK

Davide Cao
Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy

Stefano Figliozzi
IRCCS Humanitas, Milan, Italy

Giulia Elena Mandoli
University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Giulia Masiero
University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Giovanni Peretto
San Raffaele, Milano, Italy

Nadia Salerno
University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Chiara Valeriano
OLV, Aalst, Belgium

Editorial Board

Mahmoud Abdelnabi
Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Rachele Adorisio
Bambin Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Rome, Italy

Pierfrancesco Agostoni
Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium

Claudio Allegra
International Union of Phlebology, Rome, Italy

Abdallah Almaghraby
University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

Dominick Angiolillo
University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Pierluigi Antignani
Nuova Villa Claudia, Rome, Italy

Guido Arpaia
Carate Hospital, Carate Brianza, Monza Brianza, Italy

Tiziana Attisano
San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona University Hospital, Salerno, Italy

Cristina Aurigemma
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Lorenzo Azzalini
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA

Faisal Bakaeen
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Giovanni Belcaro
University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Salvino Bilancini
Vascular Centre J. F. Merlen, Frosinone, Viterbo, Italy

Carlo Briguori
Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Naples, Italy

Salvatore Brugaletta
August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain

Francesco Burzotta
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Gianfranco Butera
IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy

Aaysha Cader
Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Francesco Caiazza
Villa dei Fiori Hospital, Acerra, Italy

Simone Calcagno
Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy

Leonardo Calò
Casilino Polyclinic Hospital, Rome, Italy

Camilla Calvieri
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Gianluca Campo
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Salvatore Carbone
College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Roberto Carnevale
Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

Albino Carrizzo
IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Isernia, Italy

Enrico Cerrato
San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Orbassano and Rivoli Infermi Hospital, Rivoli, Turin, Italy

Pavel Červinka
Masaryk Hospital, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

Maria Rosaria Cesarone
University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Giovanni Alfonso Chiariello
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Giambattista Chierchia
Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Isotta Chimenti
Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

Furio Colivicchi
San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy

Paolo Compagnucci
“Ospedali Riuniti” University Hospital, Ancona, Italy

Bernardo Cortese
San Carlo Clinic, Milan, Italy

Laura Dalla Vecchia
Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Milan, Italy

Fabrizio D’Ascenzo
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Elena De Falco
Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

Gaetano Maria De Ferrari
University of Turin, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy

Ovidio De Filippo
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Division of Cardiology, A. O. U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy

Giuseppe De Luca
Eastern Piedmont University, Novara, Italy

Roberto De Ponti
Insubria University, Varese, Italy

Stefania Angela Di Fusco
San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy

Walter Dorigo
University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Ísis Kelly dos Santos
Rio Grande do Norte Federal University, Natal, Brazil

Ewa Dzięwiecka
Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, John Paul II Hospital, Kraków, Poland

Arif Elvan
Isala Heart Center, Zwolle, The Netherlands

Giovanni Esposito
Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Artur Evangelista
Quironsalud Teknon Heart Institute, Barcelona, Spain

Mauro Feola
Regina Montis Regalis Hospital, Mondovì, Cuneo, Italy

Maurizio Forte
IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

Giuseppina Maura Francese
Ospedale Garibaldi, Catania, Italy

Giuseppe Galati
San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

Sabina Gallina
University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Hector Garcia-Garcia
MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA

Achille Gaspardone
S. Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy

Mario Gaudino
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA

Olga Germanova
Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia

Arturo Giordano
Pineta Grande Hospital, Castel Volturno, Italy

Cosmo Godino
San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

Giorgio Guarnera
Aurelia Hospital Roma, Rome, Italy

Fredrik Holmqvist
Arrhythmia Clinic Skåne University Hospital, Lund University (CIEL), Lund, Sweden

Ang Huiying
National Heart Centre, Singapore, Singapore

Selim Isbir
Marmara University Pendik Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Łukasz Kalinczuk
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

Akihisa Kataoka
Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Meral Kayikçioğlu
Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

Danielle Kirkman
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Larry Keen II
Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Jordana Kron
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy
Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute and Research Foundation, Overland Park, Kansas, USA

Giovanni Landoni
IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Tong Liu
Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Massimo Lucchi
Vascular Centre J. F. Merlen, Frosinone, Viterbo, Italy

Viviana Maestrini
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Aldo Pietro Maggioni
Centro Studi ANMCO, Florence, Italy

Marilena Mangiardi
San Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy

Martin Martinek
Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen Hospital, Linz, Austria

Antonino G. Marullo
Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

Marianna Mazza
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Alberto Menozzi
Sant’Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy

Anastasia Mihailidou
Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Maria Grazia Modena
University of Modena, Modena, Italy

Pierluigi Edgard Mollo
Unit of Cardiology, Anagni Hospital, Anagni, Italy

Daniele Morosetti
Fondazione Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Tor Vergta, Rome, Italy

Haim Moti
Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel

Giuseppe Musumeci
Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy

Federico Nardi
Direttore Sanitario ASL AL, Alessandria, Italy; Santo Spirito Hospital, Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy

Giampaolo Niccoli
University of Parma, Parma, Italy

José Pedro L. Nunes
Porto University, Porto, Portugal

Fabrizio Oliva
Ospedale Niguarda, Milan, Italy

Francesco Paneni
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Soumya Patra
Medica Superspecialty Hospital Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Martino Pepe
University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Pasquale Perrone Filardi
University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Mariangela Peruzzi
Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

Francesco Prati
UniCamillus, Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy

Edvin Prifti
University Hospital Center of Tirana, Tirana, Albania

Riccardo Proietti
University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Giacomo Pucci
“Santa Maria” University Hospital, Terni, Italy

Filippo Rapetto
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Bernhard Reimers
Humanitas University, Milan, Italy

Roberta Rossini
Santa Croce and Carle Hospital, Cuneo, Italy

Wael Saade
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Jolanda Sabatino
University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Junichi Sadoshima
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA

Francesco Saia
University Hospital of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Francesco Santoro
University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Luca Santoro
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Agostino Gemelli” IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Ignacio Seropian
Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cristiano Spadaccio
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Giulio Stefanini
Humanitas University, Milan, Italy

Marijana Tadic
University Hospital ‘Dr Dragisa Misovic Dedinje’, Belgrade, Serbia

Maurizio Taramasso
University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Luca Testa
IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy

Daniele Torella
New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA

Gary Tse
Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Serafina Valente
Santa Maria alle Scotte Hospital, Siena, Italy

Valentina Valenti
Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Rome, Italy

Verena Veulemans
University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Benjamin van Tassell
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Italian College of Phlebology (CIF)
Oscar Maleti
Maurizio Cariati - Filippo Deangelis - Michele Del Guercio - Luca Gazzabin - Alberto Macciò
Fabrizio Mariani - Massimo Mammucari - Angelo Santoliquido - Francesco Stillo - Fulvio Tomaselli

Data Science Editor

Umberto Benedetto
University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Managing Editor

Alberto Oliaro
University of Turin, Turin, Italy