Harada, Kazuhiro
Kikuchi, Ryosuke
Suzuki, Susumu
Tanaka, Akihito
Aoki, Toshijiro
Iwakawa, Naoki
Kojima, Hiroki
Hirayama, Kenshi
Mitsuda, Takayuki
Sumi, Takuya
Negishi, Yosuke
Ishii, Hideki
Murohara, Toyoaki
Article History
Received: 25 November 2017
Accepted: 25 January 2018
First Online: 2 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the ethics committee of Nagoya University Hospital and conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of by the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients.
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: H. Ishii has received lecture fees from Astellas, and Otsuka. T. Murohara has received lecture fees from Bayer, Daiichi Sankyo, Dainippon Sumitomo, Kowa, MSD, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Pfizer Japan, Sanofi-Aventis, and Takeda, and has received unrestricted research grant for Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, from Astellas, Daiichi Sankyo, Dainippon Sumitomo, Kowa, MSD, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Otsuka, Pfizer Japan, Sanofi-Aventis, Takeda, and Teijin.
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