Tobe, Akihiro
Tanaka, Akihito http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2260-1942
Tokuda, Yoshiyuki
Nishi, Toshihiko
Miki, Yusuke
Furusawa, Kenji
Ishii, Hideki
Usui, Akihiko
Murohara, Toyoaki
Article History
Received: 10 September 2020
Accepted: 8 January 2021
First Online: 25 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Hideki Ishii received lecture fees from Astellas Pharma Inc., Astrazeneca Inc., Daiichi-Sankyo Pharma Inc., and MSD K. K. Akihiko Usui received lecture fees from Terumo, Japan Blood Products Organization. Akihiko Usui received unrestricted research grant for Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine from Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Senko Medical Instrument Mfg., Co., Ltd., Medtronic, Terumo, and Lifline. Toyoaki Murohara received lecture fees from Bayel Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Daiichi-Sankyo Co., Ltd., Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., Kowa Co., Ltd., MSD K. K., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co., Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Novartis Pharma K. K., Pfizer Japan Inc., Sanofi-aventis K. K., and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Toyoaki Murohara received unrestricted research grant for Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine from Astellas Pharma Inc., Daiichi-Sankyo Co., Ltd., Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., Kowa Co., Ltd., MSD K. K., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co., Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Novartis Pharma K. K., Otsuka Pharma Ltd., Pfizer Japan Inc., Sanofi-aventis K. K., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Teijin Pharma Ltd. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.