1 Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2 Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3 Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
4 Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 75 Missenden Road, Sydney, NSW, 2050, Australia.
5 Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 75 Missenden Road, Sydney, NSW, 2050, Australia. keyvan.karimi@hri.org.au.