Nomoto, Michiru
Suzuki, Atsushi
Shiga, Tsuyoshi
Shoda, Morio
Hagiwara, Nobuhisa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP15ek0210009)
Article History
Received: 20 February 2022
Accepted: 8 August 2022
First Online: 16 August 2022
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the institutional review board of Tokyo Women’s Medical University (4152-R2). The requirement to obtain written and verbal informed consent was waived by institutional review board of Tokyo Women’s Medical University due to the nature of the retrospective study. The study received ethical approval for the use of an opt-out approach to consent. This study was conducted in compliance with the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects issued by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: MS is a professor in an endowed department that is supported by unrestricted grants from Medtronic, Boston-Scientific, Biotronik and St Jude Medical. The other authors declare that there are no competing interests.