1 Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (T.S., K.I., K.H., H.M., S.K., H.H., T. Tokano, T. Minamino).
2 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan (F.S.).
3 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan (Y.N.).
4 Department of Cardiology, Niigata City General Hospital, Japan (K. Takahashi).
5 Department of Cardiology, Tachikawa General Hospital, Niigata, Japan (M.O.).
6 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan (K. Kusano).
7 Department of Cardiology, Iwate Medical University Hospital, Japan (S.O.).
8 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (Y. Kondo).
9 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Japan (K. Tsujita).
10 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan (Y. Kubota).
11 Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Aomori, Japan (H.T.).
12 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan (T.A.).
13 Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan (M.S.).
14 Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Japan (M.W.).
15 Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (T. Murohara).
16 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Japan (T. Kaneshiro).
17 Department of Cardiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Japan (T. Kato).
18 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan (H.F.).
19 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Japan (K.M.).
20 Department of Cardiology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan (T.U.).
21 Department of Cardiology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Japan (R.K.).
22 Department of Cardiology, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan (T.S.).
23 Division of Cardiology, Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center, Japan (S.N.).
24 Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Japan (K.A.).
25 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (M.Y.).
26 Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Chofu, Japan (J.N.).
27 Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan (T. Miura).
28 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (Y.Y.).
29 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Utsunomiya, Japan (K. Kario).
30 Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan (M.I.).
31 Department of Medial Statistics, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (H.Y.).
32 Clinical and Translational Research Center, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan (T. Tanaka).
33 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saga University, Japan (K.N.).