About the Authors

Takahiro Okano

Contributed equally to this work with: Takahiro Okano, Hirohiko Motoki

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Hirohiko Motoki

Contributed equally to this work with: Takahiro Okano, Hirohiko Motoki

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hmotoki@shinshu-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Masatoshi Minamisawa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Kazuhiro Kimura

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Masafumi Kanai

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Koji Yoshie

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Satoko Higuchi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Tatsuya Saigusa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Soichiro Ebisawa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Ayako Okada

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Morio Shoda

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Koichiro Kuwahara

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Competing Interests

No authors have competing interests.