Kataoka, Akihisa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1857-709X
Article History
Received: 15 August 2020
Revised: 27 August 2020
Accepted: 3 September 2020
First Online: 14 September 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Kataoka has remuneration for lectures (speaker honorarium) from Abbott Medical Japan as trans-esophageal echocardiography proctor for MitraClip screening.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later revisions. None of identifying information about doctors or institute is included.
: Informed consent was not obtained from the patients because of not patient study.