About the Authors
- Masao Takahashi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Masao Takahashi, Susumu Miyazaki
* E-mail: masaotakahashi-gi@umin.org
Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Susumu Miyazaki
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Contributed equally to this work with: Masao Takahashi, Susumu Miyazaki
Affiliation Department of Medical Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Masahiro Myojo
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Daigo Sawaki
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Hiroshi Iwata
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Arihiro Kiyosue
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Yasutomi Higashikuni
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Tomofumi Tanaka
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Daishi Fujita
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Jiro Ando
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Hideo Fujita
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Yasunobu Hirata
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Affiliation Tokyo Teishin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Issei Komuro
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MT. Performed the experiments: SM MT MM DS HI AK YH TT DF JA. Analyzed the data: MT SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM. Wrote the paper: MT. Critically revised the manuscript: HF YH. Approved the final manuscript: YH IK.