Ohta, Yoshihiro
Goda, Akiko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4517-3349
Daimon, Aika
Manabe, Eri
Masai, Kumiko
Kishima, Hideyuki
Mine, Takanao
Asakura, Masanori
Ishihara, Masaharu
Article History
Received: 23 August 2022
Accepted: 9 November 2022
First Online: 15 December 2022
Declarations
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: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Takanao Mine belongs to an endowed department of Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd. and Abbott Medical Japan LLC.
: The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of Hyogo Medical University (accreditation number: 3483), and the requirement for written informed consent was waived because we only used routinely examined echocardiographic data and other clinical data. Patients could, however, opt out of study participation using the opt-out method on the hospital website.