Affiliations

• ¹ Cardiovascular Center, Takatsu General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan (Y. Yamauchi, A.M.).
• ² Department of Diabetes Care Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (M.T.).
• ³ Department of Cardiology, Shin-Koga Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan (Y. Shintani).
• ⁴ Cardiovascular Center, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Hyogo, Japan (O.I.).
• ⁵ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yokohama City University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan (T.S.).
• ⁶ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan (Y. Yamamoto).
• ⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Morinomiya Hospital, Osaka, Japan (D.K.).
• ⁸ Cardiovascular Center, Kishiwada Tokushukai Hospital, Osaka, Japan (M.F.).
• ⁹ Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan (K.H.).
• ¹⁰ Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan (Y. Soga).
• ¹¹ Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital (Y.T.).
• ¹² Cardiovascular Center, Fukuoka Sanno Hospital, Japan (H.Y.).
• ¹³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University, Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan (M.N.).