About the Authors
- Grzegorz Bilo
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
- Miriam Revera
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
- Maurizio Bussotti
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Affiliation Cardiologia Riabilitativa, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
- Daniele Bonacina
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- Katarzyna Styczkiewicz
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Affiliation I Department of Cardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
- Gianluca Caldara
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
- Alessia Giglio
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
- Andrea Faini
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
- Andrea Giuliano
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Affiliations Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, Department of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- Carolina Lombardi
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
- Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz
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Affiliation I Department of Cardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
- Giuseppe Mancia
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- Piergiuseppe Agostoni
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* E-mail: piergiuseppe.agostoni@unimi.it
Affiliation Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, and Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Gianfranco Parati
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Affiliations Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, Department of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. Study B was supported with an unrestricted grant from Boehringer-Ingelheim Germany and Banca Intesa San Paolo, Milan, Italy. Sapio Life Italy s.r.l., GE Healthcare, and Intercure Ltd. supplied the devices necessary for this study free of charge. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PA GB GP GM. Performed the experiments: MR MB DB KS GC AG AF AG CL KK. Analyzed the data: PA GB MR GC. Wrote the paper: PA GP BG.