Sato, Tasuku
Sakamoto, Ichiro
Hiasa, Ken-ichi
Kawakubo, Masateru
Ishikita, Ayako
Umemoto, Shintaro
Kang, Min-Jeong
Sawatari, Hiroyuki
Chishaki, Akiko
Shigeto, Hiroshi
Tsutsui, Hiroyuki
Article History
Received: 5 June 2022
Accepted: 7 August 2022
First Online: 27 August 2022
Declarations
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: Tasuku Sato, Ichiro Sakamoto, Masateru Kawakubo, Ayako Ishikita, Shintaro Umemoto, Min-Jeong Kang, Hiroyuki Sawatari, Akiko Chishaki, and Hiroshi Shigeto, declare that there are no conflicts of interest. Ken-ichi Hiasa received remuneration from Daiichi Sankyo, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bayer, and Otsuka Pharmaceutical. Hiroyuki Tsutusi received remuneration from Kowa, Teijin Pharma, Nippon Boehringer, Ingelheim, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, Pfizer Japan, Ono Pharmaceutical, Daiichi Sankyo, Novartis Pharma, Bayer Yakuhin, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, and AstraZeneca; manuscript fees from Nippon Rinsho; research funding from Abbott Medical Japan, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Boston Scientific Japan, Ono Pharmaceutical, Bayer Yakuhin, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim, St.Mary’s Hospital, Teijin Pharma, Daiichi Sankyo, and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma; and donations Abbott Medical Japan, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Boston Scientific Japan, Ono Pharmaceutical, Bayer Yakuhin, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim, St.Mary's Hospital, Teijin Pharma, Daiichi Sankyo, and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma. Hiroyuki Tsutsui is a member of Circulation Journal’s editorial team.
: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kyushu University Hospital (Approval number: 2020–39), and the study complied with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Kyusyu University (Tasuku Sato, Ichiro Sakamoto, Ken-ichi Hiasa, Ayako Ishikita, Shintaro Umemoto, Min-Jeong Kang, and Hiroyuki Tsutsui), Fukuoka, Japan; Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences (Masateru Kawakubo and Hiroshi Shigeto), Fukuoka, Japan; Hiroshima University (Hiroyuki Sawatari), Hiroshima, Japan; Fukuoka Dental College Hospital (Akiko Chishaki), Fukuoka, Japan.