About the Authors

Toshiaki Nakajima

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nakat@dokkyomed.ac.jp

Current Address: Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Akiko Haruyama

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Taira Fukuda

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Liberal Arts and Human Development, Kanagawa University of Human Services, Kanagawa, Japan

Kentaro Minami

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Suguru Hirose

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Hiroko Yazawa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Takafumi Nakajima

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Takaaki Hasegawa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Yoshiyuki Kitagawa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Syotaro Obi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Shu Inami

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Gaku Oguri

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Ikuko Shibasaki

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Hirohisa Amano

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Takuo Arikawa

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Masashi Sakuma

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Shichiro Abe

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Hirotsugu Fukuda

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Shigeru Toyoda

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University and Heart Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.