**Author details**

Zsuzsanna Cserép1 , Andrea Székely1,2 and Bela Merkely3

\*Address all correspondence to: szekelya@kardio.hu

1 Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary and Uzsoki Street Hospital of the Budapest Municipality, Budapest, Hungary

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2 Intensive Care, Gottsegen György Hungarian Institute of Cardiology, Budapest, Hungary

3 Department of Cardiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
