| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece;2. Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Patras School of Medicine, Patras, Greece;3. Clinical Anaesthesiology and Intensive Postoperative Care Unit, University Hospital, Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece;1. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan;2. Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan;3. Biostatistics Consulting Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan;4. Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan;1. Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas;2. Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas;3. Division of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Circulatory Support, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
