About the Authors

Yusuke Watanabe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

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

Kenichi Sakakura

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

ksakakura@jichi.ac.jp

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

Yousuke Taniguchi

Roles Investigation

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

Kei Yamamoto

Roles Investigation

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

Masaru Seguchi

Roles Investigation

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

Takunori Tsukui

Roles Investigation

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

Hiroyuki Jinnouchi

Roles Investigation

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

Hiroshi Wada

Roles Investigation

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

Shin-ichi Momomura

Roles Supervision

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

Hideo Fujita

Roles Project administration, Supervision

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

Competing Interests

Dr. Sakakura has received speaking honoraria from Abbott Vascular, Boston Scientific, Medtronic Cardiovascular, Terumo, OrbusNeich, Japan Lifeline, Kaneka, and NIPRO; he has served as a proctor for Rotablator for Boston Scientific, and he has served as a consultant for Abbott Vascular and Boston Scientific. Prof. Fujita has served as a consultant for Mehergen Group Holdings, Inc. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.