1. Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
2. Department of Imunohemotherapy, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga, Porto, Portugal
3. Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia Espinho, Porto, Portugal
4. Cardiovascular R&D Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
5. Department of Surgery and Physiology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
6. Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
7. Department of Specialized and General Surgery, Fluminense Federal University, Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8. Centre for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Porto, Portugal
9. Department of Biomedicine – Unity of Anatomy, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal