About the Authors

Jiro Ikeda

Affiliation Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Toshihiro Ichiki

ichiki@cardiol.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan, Advanced Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Diseases, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Yusuke Takahara

Affiliation Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Hiroshi Kojima

Affiliation Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Chikahiro Sankoda

Affiliation Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Shiro Kitamoto

Affiliations Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan, Advanced Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Diseases, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Tomotake Tokunou

Affiliation Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Kenji Sunagawa

Affiliation Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JI TI KS. Performed the experiments: JI YT HK CS TT SK. Analyzed the data: JI TI TT SK. Wrote the paper: JI TI TT SK KS.