Shimonaga, Koji
Hama, Seiji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2961-0641
Furui, Akira
Yanagawa, Akiko
Kandori, Akihiko
Atsumori, Hirokazu
Yamawaki, Shigeto
Matsushige, Toshinori
Tsuji, Toshio
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JPMJTM20RA)
Article History
Received: 16 June 2021
Revised: 24 October 2021
Accepted: 13 December 2021
First Online: 30 January 2022
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional review boards and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This retrospective study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Hiroshima City Asa Citizens Hospital and Hiroshima University (E-466–3, E-1554–2).
: Written, informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Not applicable.
: Co-authors Akihiko Kandori and Hirokazu Atsumori are employed by Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. The remaining authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.