title: The Authors' reply.
authors: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens Medical School, , Athens, Greece.
authors: Konstantinos
authors: K
authors: Toutouzas
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Drakopoulou
authors: Constantina
authors: C
authors: Aggeli
authors: Charalampia
authors: C
authors: Nikolaou
authors: Ioannis
authors: I
authors: Felekos
authors: Haralampos
authors: H
authors: Grassos
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Synetos
authors: Konstantinos
authors: K
authors: Stathogiannis
authors: Antonis
authors: A
authors: Karanasos
authors: Eleftherios
authors: E
authors: Tsiamis
authors: Elias
authors: E
authors: Siores
authors: Christodoulos
authors: C
authors: Stefanadis
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008872:Microwaves; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*