Kamimura, Teppei https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0372-7814
Nakamori, Masahiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0944-5538
Naito, Hiroyuki
Aoki, Shiro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5348-5783
Nezu, Tomohisa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4877-2336
Imamura, Eiji
Mizoue, Tatsuya
Wakabayashi, Shinichi
Masuda, Takeshi
Hattori, Noboru
Maruyama, Hirofumi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7613-8717
Hosomi, Naohisa
Article History
Received: 9 November 2022
Accepted: 4 January 2023
First Online: 14 January 2023
Declarations
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: The authors did not receive support from any organization for the submitted work.
: The study protocol was approved by the ethics committees of Hiroshima University Hospital (Hiroshima, Japan, approval number E-1446) and Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital (Hiroshima, Japan, approval number 2019-01). This study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Japanese government based on the Helsinki Declaration.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all patients or their relatives.