Kominami, Kazuyuki
Noda, Kazuki
Minagawa, Nanaho
Yonezawa, Kazuya
Ueda, Masanori
Kobayashi, Yasuyuki
Murata, Makoto
Akino, Masatoshi
Article History
Received: 12 September 2023
Accepted: 29 March 2024
First Online: 15 April 2024
Declarations
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: The study was conducted following the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the ethical committees of Hakodate National Hospital (approval number: R4-0314001) and Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center (approval number:2022020). The need for written informed consent was waived by the two ethical committees mentioned above due to the retrospective nature of the study. The data obtained were delinked and anonymized, and this study was conducted using the data for analysis, with due consideration for protecting the participants’ personal information. The authors confirmed that none of the participants could be identified and that they were fully anonymized. Furthermore, the authors affirmed that all mandatory health and safety procedures complied with the course of conducting the experimental work reported in this paper.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.