About the Authors

Yasuyuki Shiraishi

Affiliations Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shun Kohsaka

kohsaka@cpnet.med.keio.ac.jp

Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Kazumasa Harada

Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuro Sakai

Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Atsutoshi Takagi

Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Takamichi Miyamoto

Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Kiyoshi Iida

Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Shuzou Tanimoto

Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Keiichi Fukuda

Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Ken Nagao

Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Naoki Sato

Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Morimasa Takayama

Affiliation Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Scientific Committee of Tokyo CCU Network

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.