Cecilia Becattini, MD1,2*, Ludovica Anna Cimini, MD3*, Giorgio Bassanelli, MD4*, Aldo P Maggioni, MD5*, Fulvio Pomero, MD6*, Ilaria Lobascio, MD7*, Daniela P Pomata, MD8*, Maria P Ruggeri, MD9*, Beniamino Zalunardo, MD10*, Anna Novelli, MD11*, Giancarlo Agnelli, MD1*, Lucio Gonzini, MD12* and Michele M Gulizia, MD13*
1Internal Vascular and Emergency Medicine Stroke Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
2University of Perugia, Perugia, ITA
3Internal, Vascular and Emergency Medicine– Stroke Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
4Department of Cardiology, Ospedale Alessandro Manzoni, Lecco, Italy
5ANMCO Research Center, Heart Care Foundation, Florence, Italy
6Division of Internal Medicine, Michele and Pietro Ferrero Hospital, Verduno, Italy
7UOC Cardiologia, Ospedale Civile, Arzignano, Italy
8UOC Medicina d'Urgenza e PS, Ospedale Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
9U.O.C. Medicina d’Urgenza e Pronto Soccorso, AO San Giovanni Addolorata, Roma, Italy
10UOC Angiologia, P.O. Castelfranco Veneto, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
11PS e Medicina d'Urgenza, Ospedali Riuniti, Livorno, Italy
12ANMCO Research Center, Heart Care Foundation, Firenze, Italy
13Division of Cardiology, Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, Catania, Italy