About the Authors

Tetsuo Konno

konnokontetsu@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan, Research and Education Center for Innovative and Preventive Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Kenshi Hayashi

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan

Noboru Fujino

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan

Yoji Nagata

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan

Akihiko Hodatsu

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan

Eiichi Masuta

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan

Kenji Sakata

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan

Hiroyuki Nakamura

Affiliations Research and Education Center for Innovative and Preventive Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Masa-aki Kawashiri

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan

Masakazu Yamagishi

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan, Research and Education Center for Innovative and Preventive Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK HN MY. Analyzed the data: TK KH NF YN AH EM KS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TK MK MY.