About the Authors

Tatsuro Ibe

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuro Ibe, Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Yusuke Ugata, Hisataka Maki, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita

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

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

Hiroshi Wada

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuro Ibe, Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Yusuke Ugata, Hisataka Maki, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

wadahiro@jichi.ac.jp

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

Kenichi Sakakura

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuro Ibe, Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Yusuke Ugata, Hisataka Maki, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Yusuke Ugata

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuro Ibe, Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Yusuke Ugata, Hisataka Maki, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita

Roles Data curation

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

Hisataka Maki

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuro Ibe, Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Yusuke Ugata, Hisataka Maki, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita

Roles Data curation

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

Kei Yamamoto

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuro Ibe, Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Yusuke Ugata, Hisataka Maki, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita

Roles Data curation

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

Masaru Seguchi

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuro Ibe, Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Yusuke Ugata, Hisataka Maki, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita

Roles Data curation

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

Yousuke Taniguchi

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuro Ibe, Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Yusuke Ugata, Hisataka Maki, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita

Roles Data curation

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

Hiroyuki Jinnouchi

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuro Ibe, Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Yusuke Ugata, Hisataka Maki, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita

Roles Data curation

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

Shin-ichi Momomura

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuro Ibe, Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Yusuke Ugata, Hisataka Maki, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita

Roles Supervision

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

Hideo Fujita

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuro Ibe, Hiroshi Wada, Kenichi Sakakura, Yusuke Ugata, Hisataka Maki, Kei Yamamoto, Masaru Seguchi, Yousuke Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Jinnouchi, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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. Wada has received speaking honoraria from Actelion Pharmaceuticals Japan Ltd., Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd., Bayer Yakuhin Ltd., and Pfizer Japan Inc. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.