About the Authors
- Mai Kimura
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Yuichi Tamura
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* E-mail: u1@ta-mu.net
Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Makoto Takei
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Tsunehisa Yamamoto
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Tomohiko Ono
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Masataka Kuwana
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
- Keiichi Fukuda
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Toru Satoh
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that Prof. Masataka Kuwana currently serves as an Academic Editor of PLOS ONE, however in this manuscript, this does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YT. Performed the experiments: M. Kimura MT. Analyzed the data: TO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT TY. Wrote the paper: M. Kimura YT M. Kuwana TS KF.