About the Authors

Masao Takahashi

Contributed equally to this work with: Masao Takahashi, Susumu Miyazaki

masaotakahashi-gi@umin.org

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Susumu Miyazaki

Contributed equally to this work with: Masao Takahashi, Susumu Miyazaki

Affiliation Department of Medical Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Masahiro Myojo

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Daigo Sawaki

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Iwata

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Arihiro Kiyosue

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yasutomi Higashikuni

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tomofumi Tanaka

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Daishi Fujita

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Jiro Ando

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hideo Fujita

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yasunobu Hirata

Affiliation Tokyo Teishin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Issei Komuro

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.