About the Authors
- Yasuyuki Shiraishi
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Affiliations Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Shun Kohsaka
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* E-mail: kohsaka@cpnet.med.keio.ac.jp
Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan
- Kazumasa Harada
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Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan
- Tetsuro Sakai
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Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan
- Atsutoshi Takagi
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Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan
- Takamichi Miyamoto
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Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan
- Kiyoshi Iida
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Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan
- Shuzou Tanimoto
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Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan
- Keiichi Fukuda
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Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan
- Ken Nagao
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Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan
- Naoki Sato
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Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan
- Morimasa Takayama
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Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan
- Scientific Committee of Tokyo CCU Network
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Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
Dr. Kohsaka received lecture fees from Pfizer Japan Inc., and he received unrestricted research grant for Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine from Bayer Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YS SK. Performed the experiments: YS SK. Analyzed the data: YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS SK. Wrote the paper: YS SK KH TS AT TM KI ST KF KN NS MT.