About the Authors

Jun Tanno

j_tanno@saitama-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Saitama Medical University, International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

Yodo Gatate

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Saitama Medical University, International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

Takatoshi Kasai

Affiliation Cardiovascular Respiratory Sleep Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shintaro Nakano

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Saitama Medical University, International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

Takaaki Senbonmatsu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Saitama Medical University, International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

Osamu Sato

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Shigeru Ichioka

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Makoto Kuro-o

Affiliation Division of Anti-Aging Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Shigeyuki Nishimura

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Saitama Medical University, International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JT S. Nishimura. Data curation: JT YG. Formal analysis: JT TK S. Nakano. Investigation: JT YG. Methodology: JT TK S. Nakano TS. Project administration: JT. Resources: JT OS SI S. Nishimura. Supervision: TS MK S. Nishimura. Visualization: JT YG S. Nakano. Writing – original draft: JT TK S. Nakano. Writing – review & editing: TS OS SI MK S. Nishimura.