Authors:Peter Rossing, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev DenmarkRajiv Agarwal, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis IndianaStefan D Anker, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin GermanyGerasimos Filippatos, Attikon University Hospital, Athens GreeceBertram Pitt, University of MichiganLuis M Ruilope, Institute of Research imas12, Madrid SpainVivian Fonseca, Tulane UniversityGuillermo Umpierrez, Emory UniversityMaria Luiza Caramori, University of Minnesota, MinneapolisAmer Joseph, Bayer AGMarc Lambelet, Chrestos Concept GmbH & Co. KG, Essen GermanyRobert Lawatscheck, Bayer AGGeorge L Bakris, University of Chicago Medicine