About the Authors

Tsutomu Murakami

Affiliation The Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Tsutomu Yoshikawa

tyoshi@shi.heart.or.jp

Affiliation The Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Yuichiro Maekawa

Affiliation The Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuro Ueda

Affiliation The Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Toshiaki Isogai

Affiliation The Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Konomi Sakata

Affiliation The Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Ken Nagao

Affiliation The Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Takeshi Yamamoto

Affiliation The Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Morimasa Takayama

Affiliation The Tokyo CCU Network Scientific Committee, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

All authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM T. Yoshikawa YM TU TI KS KN T. Yamamoto MT. Performed the experiments: TM T. Yoshikawa. Analyzed the data: TM T. Yoshikawa. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM T. Yoshikawa YM TU TI KS KN T. Yamamoto MT. Wrote the paper: TM T. Yoshikawa.