Ouchi, Kotaro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0228-6845
Sakuma, Toru
Kisaki, Shunsuke
Tokutake, Kenichi
Yamane, Teiichi
Ojiri, Hiroya
Article History
Received: 12 December 2023
Accepted: 15 February 2024
First Online: 25 March 2024
Declarations
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: Teiichi Yamane received speaker honoraria from DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, Ltd., Japan, Boerringer Ingelheim, Abbott Japan, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Medtronic Japan, and Japan LifeLine, and research grants from Boehringer Ingelheim. There is no conflict of interest to disclose directly related to this manuscript. The other authors have no conflict of interest.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was obtained from the ethics committee of the Jikei University School of Medicine (Approval number: 34-092(11239)).
: The institutional review boards of the participating institutions approved this retrospective study and waived the need for documentation of informed consent. Informed consent was obtained in the form of opt-out on the website.