About the Authors

Kei Yamamoto

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Kenichi Sakakura

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

ksakakura@jichi.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Takunori Tsukui

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Masaru Seguchi

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Yousuke Taniguchi

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Hiroshi Wada

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Shin-ichi Momomura

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Hideo Fujita

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Sakakura has received speaking honoraria from Abbott Vascular, Boston Scientific, Medtronic Cardiovascular, Terumo, OrbusNeich, and NIPRO; has served as a proctor for Rotablator for Boston Scientific; and has served as a consultant for Abbott Vascular and Boston Scientific. Prof. Fujita served as a consultant for Mehergen Group Holdings, Inc. Other authors declare no conflict of interest.