About the Authors
- Tomoko Takahashi
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Roles Data curation, Investigation
Affiliation Clinical Research Center, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
- Akiomi Yoshihisa
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Koichi Sugimoto
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: ksugi@fmu.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Hypertension, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Tetsuro Yokokawa
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Hypertension, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Tomofumi Misaka
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Takashi Kaneshiro
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Arrhythmia and Cardiac Pacing, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Masayoshi Oikawa
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Atsushi Kobayashi
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Kazuhiko Nakazato
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Roles Supervision, Validation
Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Takafumi Ishida
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Roles Supervision
Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Yasuchika Takeishi
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Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
Competing Interests
We have the following interests: Koichi Sugimoto and Tetsuro Yokokawa belong to endowed department sponsored by Acterion Pharmaceuticals Japan. Akiomi Yoshihisa and Tomofumi Misaka belong to endowed department sponsored by Fukuda denshi. Takashi Kaneshiro belongs to endowed department sponsored by Biotronic Japan and Abbott Japan. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors declare that no competing interest exists.