title: Authors' response.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Cardiac Coronary Unit, Heart and Vessel Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Florence, Italy. lazzeric@libero.it.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lazzeri
authors.forename: Serafina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: Gian Franco
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Gensini
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; D012121:Respiration, Artificial