Ouchi, Kotaro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0228-6845
Sakuma, Toru
Higuchi, Takahiro
Yoshida, Jun
Narui, Ryosuke
Nojiri, Ayumi
Yamane, Teiichi
Ojiri, Hiroya
Article History
Received: 20 April 2022
Accepted: 23 March 2023
First Online: 7 April 2023
Declarations
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: Teiichi Yamane received Speaker honoraria from DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, Ltd., Japan, Boerringer Ingelheim, Abbott Japan, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Medtronic Japan, and Japan LifeLine, and research grants from Boehringer Ingelheim. There is no conflict of interest to disclose directly related to this manuscript. The other authors have no conflict of interest.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was obtained from the ethics committee of the Jikei University School of Medicine (Approval Number: 32-210(10291)).
: The institutional review boards of the participating institutions approved this retrospective study and waived the need for documentation of informed consent. Informed consent was obtained in the form of opt-out on the website.