Iguchi, Kenta http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3049-0904
Watanabe, Jun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7187-3664
Suwa, Yusuke
Chida, Keigo
Atsumi, Yosuke
Numata, Masakatsu
Sato, Tsutomu
Takeda, Kazuhisa
Kunisaki, Chikara
Article History
Accepted: 20 March 2023
First Online: 23 March 2023
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the institutional review board of Yokohama City University Medical Center (approval No. F221100007) and conformed to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Due to the study’s retrospective nature, written informed consent was not obtained. Therefore, we used the opt-out approach to disclose the study information. Participants were provided with information about this project and were able to decline participation voluntarily.
: JW reports receiving honoraria for lectures from Johnson and Johnson, Medtronic and Eli Lilly and receiving research funding from Medtronic, AMCO and TERUMO outside the submitted work. All remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest in association with the present study.