1. Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
2. Department of Cardiology, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Utsunomiya 321-0974, Japan
3. Department of Cardiology, Sendai Kosei Hospital, Sendai 980-0873, Japan
4. Department of Cardiology, Saiseikai Yokohama City Eastern Hospital, Yokohama 230-0012, Japan
5. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu 802-8555, Japan
6. Department of Cardiology, New Tokyo Hospital, Matsudo 270-2232, Japan
7. Department of Cardiology, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kamakura 247-8533, Japan
8. Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center, Urayasu 279-0001, Japan
9. Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka 589-8511, Japan
10. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka 564-8565, Japan
11. Department of Cardiology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8606, Japan
12. Department of Cardiology, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi 441-8071, Japan
13. Department of Cardiology, Nagoya Heart Center, Nagoya 461-0045, Japan
14. Division of Cardiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo 101-8643, Japan
15. Department of Cardiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan
16. Department of Cardiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara 259-1193, Japan
17. Department of Cardiology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Tsukuba 305-8558, Japan
18. Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan