Declaration of interest
AP Agouridis is supported by a grant from the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society. TD Filippatos has given talks and attended conferences sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Lilly, Abbott, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Vianex, Teva and MSD. N Katsiki has given talks, attended conferences and participated in trials sponsored by Novartis, Novo Nordisk, MSD, Winmedica and AstraZeneca. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.