Ozaki, Yuka
Komiyama, Maki
Ueshima, Kenji
Iso, Hiroyasu
Sakata, Satoko
Morino, Ayumi
Takahara, Mitsuyoshi
Noguchi, Satoshi
Kuwabara, Yoshihiro
Takahashi, Yuko
Hasegawa, Koji
Funding for this research was provided by:
Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Japan Heart Foundation (N/A)
Article History
Received: 13 January 2019
Accepted: 22 October 2019
First Online: 16 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Informed written consent was obtained from all participants. The Ethical Review Board, National Hospital Organization, Kyoto Medical Centre approved the study protocol. Central ethical approval has been confirmed from The Ethical Review Board, National Hospital Organization, Kyoto Medical Centre (approval no. 14–090) and we will not begin recruiting at other trial centers until local ethical approval has been obtained.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.