Antonino Di Franco1, Lisa Q Rong2, Mario Gaudino3. 1. Associate Guest Editor; Greenberg Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. (Email: and2052@med.cornell.edu). 2. Associate Guest Editor; Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. (Email: lir9065@med.cornell.edu). 3. Guest Editor; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, NYC, NY, USA. (Email: mfg9004@med.cornell.edu).