About the Authors

Takao Kato

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

tkato75@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Hidenori Yaku

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

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Takeshi Morimoto

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Yasutaka Inuzuka

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

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga General Hospital, Shiga, Japan

Yodo Tamaki

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

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan

Neiko Ozasa

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

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Erika Yamamoto

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

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Yusuke Yoshikawa

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Takeshi Kitai

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan

Ryoji Taniguchi

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan

Moritake Iguchi

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan

Masashi Kato

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Mamoru Takahashi

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

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shimabara Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Toshikazu Jinnai

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Otsu Hospital, Shiga, Japan

Tomoyuki Ikeda

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Hikone Municipal Hospital, Shiga, Japan

Kazuya Nagao

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Takafumi Kawai

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kishiwada City Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Akihiro Komasa

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Ryusuke Nishikawa

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

Yuichi Kawase

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan

Takashi Morinaga

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Mitsunori Kawato

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan

Yuta Seko

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Masayuki Shiba

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Mamoru Toyofuku

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan

Yutaka Furukawa

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan

Kenji Ando

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Kazushige Kadota

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan

Yukihito Sato

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan

Koichiro Kuwahara

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

Takeshi Kimura

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.