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(1)Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian 
University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
(2)Professor of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology, Medical School, University of 
Patras, Patras, Greece.
(3)Professor of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, 
Greece.
(4)Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Past President of the Hellenic 
Atherosclerosis Society Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 
Greece.
(5)Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology, Medical School, 
University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
(6)Consultant-Cardiology, Head of Lipid Outpatient Clinic, "Tzaneio" General 
Hospital of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece.
(7)Consultant Cardiology, 1st University Cardiology Clinic, "Hippokratio" 
General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
(8)Assistant Professor of Metabolic Pediatrics, Medical School, National and 
Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
(9)Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Past President of the 
Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
(10)Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Past President of the 
Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
(11)Professor of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 
Greece.
(12)Consultant-Internal Medicine, Head of the Diabetes and Obesity Outpatient 
Clinics, General Hospital of Nea Ionia "Konstantopouleio-Patission", Athens, 
Greece.
(13)Consultant-Cardiology, Head of LDL Apheresis Unit and Lipid Outpatient 
Clinics, Past President of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society, President of 
the Hellenic College of Treatment of Atherosclerosis, Onassis Cardiac Surgery 
Center, Athens, Greece.
(14)Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of 
Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
(15)Professor of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian 
University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
(16)Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of 
Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
(17)Consultant-Internal Medicine, Coordinator-Director of 1st Internal Medicine 
Clinic, "Tzaneio" General Hospital of Piraeus, Pireaus, Greece.
(18)Consultant-Cardiology, "Korgialenio Benakio" "HRC" Hospital, Athens, Athens, 
Greece.
(19)Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of 
Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
(20)Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Democritus 
University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
(21)Internist-Diabetologist, President of the Institute for the Study, Research 
and Training on Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Diseases, Athens, Athens, 
Greece.
(22)Emeritus Professor of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian 
University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
(23)Associate Professor of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Athens, 
Athens, Greece.
(24)Director of Cardiology Department, Athens Euroclinic, President of the 
Hellenic Society of Lipidology and Atherosclerosis, Athens, Athens, Greece.
(25)Cosultant-Cardiology, Head of the Lipid Unit of the 1st University Clinic, 
"Hippokratio" General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
(26)Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and 
Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
(27)Professor of Biochemistry-Clinical Chemistry, President of the Hellenic 
Atherosclerosis Society, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
(28)Associate Professor of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University of 
Athens, Athens, Greece.
(29)Professor of Cardiology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, 
Alexandroupolis, Greece.
(30)Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of 
Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
(31)Professor of Cardiology, Medical School, Past President of the European 
Cardiology Society, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
(32)Associate Professor of Cardiology, President of the European Society of 
Cardiology working Group for Peripheral Circulation, National and Kapodistrian 
University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
(33)Associate Professor of Nephrology, National and Kapodistrian University of 
Athens, Athens, Greece.