1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
2. Department of Cardiology, Mie University Hospital, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine
3. Division of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center
4. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardio-Vascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine
5. Department of Cardiology, Yokohama City University Hospital
6. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital
7. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital
8. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University
9. Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
10. Department of Cardio-renal Medicine and Hypertension, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
11. First Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College
12. Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University
13. Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
14. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University
15. Asahi-Kasei Pharma Corporation
16. Division of Cardiology, Kuwana East Medical Center