About the Authors

Yoshikazu Kishino

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Tomohisa Seki

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan

Jun Fujita

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Shinsuke Yuasa

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Shugo Tohyama

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan

Akira Kunitomi

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Ryota Tabei

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuaki Nakajima

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Marina Okada

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Akinori Hirano

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Hideaki Kanazawa

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Keiichi Fukuda

kfukuda@a2.keio.jp

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YK TS KF. Performed the experiments: YK TS. Analyzed the data: YK TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JF SY ST AK RT KN MO AH HK. Wrote the paper: YK TS JF.