Dr. Konstantinos Tsioufis is Associate Professor of Cardiology, 1st Cardiology Clinic, University of Athens, Hippocratio Hospital, Athens, Greece. He completed his PhD studies at the Athens Medical School, University of Athens. From 2001 to 2007, he worked as Consultant Cardiologist at Chief of the Outpatient Hypertensive Clinic, Hippokration Hospital. His research has focused on the assessment of coronary reserve in various clinical conditions, carotid atherosclerosis and the pathophysiology of the vulnerable plaque.