About the Authors

Taku Inohara

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

Shun Kohsaka

kohsaka@cpnet.med.keio.ac.jp

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

Naoki Sato

Affiliation Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Musashi-Kosugi Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

Katsuya Kajimoto

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Sensoji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Takehiko Keida

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Edogawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Masayuki Mizuno

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Teruo Takano

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

on behalf of the ATTEND Investigators

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TI SK NS KK TK MM TT. Performed the experiments: NS KK TK MM TT. Analyzed the data: TI SK NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS KK TK MM TT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TI SK NS.