About the Authors

Toshiro Kitagawa

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

toshirok@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan, Heart Failure Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Noboru Oda

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Mariko Mizukawa

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Heart Failure Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Takayuki Hidaka

Roles Validation

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan, Heart Failure Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Makiko Naka

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Heart Failure Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Susumu Nakayama

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Heart Failure Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Yasuki Kihara

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan, Heart Failure Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.