1. Division of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
2. Research Department, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
3. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
4. Fondazione Ri.MED, Palermo, Italy
5. Department of Pathology, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
6. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Advanced Biotechnologies, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy