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