WATANABE Yumi¹, NISHIYAMA Satoshi², KAZAMA Tomoyuki¹, TSUCHIYA Hayato², HASHIMOTO Naoto², WANEZAKI Masahiro², TAMURA Harutoshi², WATANABE Tetsu², MORIKANE Keita¹, WATANABE Masafumi² (1.Department of Laboratory, Yamagata University Hospital, 2.Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University Hospital School of Medicine)

ITO Kyoko¹, OKI Tsumugi¹, TANAKA Hidekazu², IMANISHI Takamitsu¹, KAWAMORI Hiroyuki², HIRATA Kenichi², NAKAMACHI Yuji¹, SAEGUSA Jun¹ (1.Laboratory Sciences, Kobe University Hospital, 2.Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of medicine)

SAWADA Naoko¹, DAIMON Masao², NAKAO Tomoko², HIROKAWA Megumi¹, KATO Tomoko³, ABE Hiroyuki⁴, UNO Kansei⁵, TAKENAKA Katsu¹, YATOMI Yutaka², KOMURO Issei¹ (1.Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 2.Department of Clinical Laboratory, The University of Tokyo, 3.Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, 4.Department of Pathology, The University of Tokyo, 5.Department of Computational Diagnostic Radiology and Preventive Medicine, The University of Tokyo)

HATTORI Keigo¹, TSUGU Toshimitsu² (1.Department of Cardiology, IMS Tokyo Katsushika General Hospital, 2.Department of Cardiology, Heart Valve Clinic, University of Lige Hospital)

KASHIWAGI Ryunosuke¹, OKABE Ryuta^{1, 2}, TAKEKAWA Hidehiro^{2, 3}, KATAYAMA Naoyuki¹, MATUNAGA Youichi¹, SAWADA Tatuo⁴, KASHIDA Mituo¹ (1.Department of Cardiology, Akiru Municipal Medical Center,, 2.Stroke Center, Dokkyo Medical University, 3.Center of Medical Ultrasonics, Dokkyo Medical University, 4.Department of Pathology, Tokyo Women‘s Medical University)

OKAMOTO Yoshio, SUMITOMO Hidemi, KAWAGUTI Nana, KAWAMOTO Shouhei, KOBAYASHI Miturou, SATO Jyunn, ITOU Shieru (Pediatrics, Kagawa Prefectural Hospital)