About the Authors

Kenji Yanishi

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Takeshi Nakamura

tnak@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Naohiko Nakanishi

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Isao Yokota

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Kan Zen

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Tetsuhiro Yamano

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Hirokazu Shiraishi

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Takeshi Shirayama

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Jun Shiraishi

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kyoto First Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Takahisa Sawada

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kyoto First Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Yoshio Kohno

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kyoto First Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Makoto Kitamura

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Keizo Furukawa

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Tanabe Central Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Satoaki Matoba

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KY TN NN. Formal analysis: KY TN NN IY. Investigation: KZ TY HS T Shirayama JS T Sawada YK MK KF. Methodology: KY TN NN. Project administration: TN SM. Supervision: SM. Validation: IY SM. Writing – original draft: KY TN NN. Writing – review & editing: KY TN NN SM.