1. Echocardiography Laboratory, Villa Bianca Hospital, Trento, Italy.
2. Diabetes and Metabolism Unit, ASL Torino 5, Chieri, Italy.
3. Federico II University Hospital, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Napoli, Italy.
4. Cardiovascular Unit, Azienda Servizi Sanitari n. 1 Triestina, Trieste, Italy.
5. Cardiology Department, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
6. ANMCO Research Center, Florence, Italy.
7. Department of Cardiovascular Research, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Milan, Italy.
8. San Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Roma, Italy.
9. Cardiology Department, St. Martino Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale n. 1, Belluno, Italy.
10. Diabetology Department, Casa di Cura Pineta del Carso, Aurisina, Italy.
11. Emergency Department, University Hospital San Martino, Genoa, Italy.