aCardiology Unit, University of Bologna

bDivision of Heart Failure and Transplant

cCardiac Surgery Unit

dTransplant Surgery Unit

eDivision of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care

fUnit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplant

gUnit of Nephrology and Dialysis, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Correspondence to Luciano Potena, SSD Insufficienza Cardiaca e Trapianti, Policlinico di Sant’Orsola – Padiglione 25, Via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy. Tel: +390512143702; Fax: +390516363766; e-mail: [email protected]