^○Sasaki Ken-ichiro¹, Shimamatsu Junichiro^1,2, Katsuki Yoshio³, Kawasaki Tomohiro⁴, Murasato Yoshinobu⁵, Yokoi Hiroyoshi⁶, Tashiro Hideki⁷, Harada Atsushi⁸, Hirakawa Yuji⁸, Ishizaki Yuta¹, Ishimatsu Takashi¹, Kagiyama Kotaro¹, Fukumoto Yoshihiro¹, Kakuma Tatsuyuki⁹, Ueno Takafumi¹ (1.Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, 2.Division of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine, Tanushimaru Chuo Hospital, Kurume, Japan, 3.Division of Cardiology, Sugi Hospital, Omuta, Japan, 4.Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, ShinKoga Hospital, Kurume, Japan, 5.Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan, 6.Division of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine, Fukuoka Sanno Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, 7.Division of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine, St.Mary's Hospital, Kurume, Japan, 8.Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 9.Biostatistics Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan)

^○Toba Takayoshi¹, Shinke Toshiro^1,2, Otake Hiromasa¹, Sugizaki Yoichiro¹, Takeshige Ryo¹, Onishi Hiroyuki¹, Nagasawa Akira¹, Tsukiyama Yoshiro¹, Yanaka Kenichi¹, Nagano Yuichiro¹, Yamamoto Hiroyuki¹, Kawamori Hiroyuki¹, Matsuura Akira³, Ishihara Takayuki⁴, Matsumoto Daisuke⁵, Igarashi Nobuaki⁶, Hayashi Takatoshi⁷, Yasaka Yoshinori⁸, Kadotani Makoto⁹, Fujii Takashi¹⁰, Shite Junya¹¹, Okada Masaharu¹², Sakakibara Takashi¹³, Hirata Ken-ichi¹ (1.Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, 2.Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 3.Akashi Medical Center, Akashi, Japan, 4.Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Japan, 5.Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan, 6.Japanese Red Cross Kobe Hospital, Kobe, Japan, 7.Prefectural Awaji Medical Center, Awaji, Japan, 8.Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Himeji, Japan, 9.Kakogawa City Hospital Organization, Kakogawa, Japan, 10.Ako City Hospital, Ako, Japan, 11.Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital, Osaka, Japan, 12.Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama, Japan, 13.Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital, Nagoya, Japan)

^○Kuramitsu Shoichi¹, Ohya Masanobu², Shinozaki Tomohiro³, Otake Hiromasa⁴, Horie Kazunori⁵, Kawamoto Hiroyoshi⁶, Yamanaka Futoshi⁷, Natsuaki Masahiro⁸, Shiomi Hiroki⁹, Nakazawa Gaku¹⁰, Ando Kenji¹, Kadota Kazushige², Saito Shigeru⁷, Kimura Takeshi⁹ (1.Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2.Department of Cardiology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan (M.O., K.K.), 3.Department of Information and Computer Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan, 4.Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduates School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, 5.Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Japan, 6.Department of Cardiology, New Tokyo Hospital, Chiba, Japan, 7.Division of Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratories, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan, 8.Department of Cardiology, Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital, Fukuoka Japan, 9.Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 10.Division of Cardiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan)

^○Sonoda Shinjo¹, Kuramitsu Shoichi², Muraoka Yoshitaka¹, Inoue Konosuke¹, Domei Takenori², Nishikawa Hiroaki³, Sugihara Makoto³, Serikawa Takeshi⁴, Suematsu Nobuhiro⁴, Suzuki Yoshiyuki¹, Shinozaki Tomohiro⁵, Otsuji Yutaka¹ (1.University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2.Kokura Memorial Hospital, 3.Fukuoka University Hospital, 4.Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital, 5.Tokyo University of Science)

^○Warisawa Takayuki^1,2, Cook Christopher M.¹, Rajkumar Christopher¹, Howard James P.¹, Seligman Henry¹, Ahmad Yousif¹, Hajj Stephanie El³, Doi Shunichi⁴, Nakajima Akihiro⁵, Nakayama Masafumi^6,7, Goto Sonoka^8,9, Vera-Urquiza Rafael⁸, Takao Takao⁹, Kikuta Yuetsu^1,10, Kawase Yoshiaki¹¹, Nishina Hidetaka¹², Nakamura Sunao⁵, Lerman Amir³, Matsuo Hitoshi¹¹, Francis Darrel P.¹, Escaned Javier⁸, Akashi Yoshihiro J.⁴, Davies Justin E.¹ (1.Cardiovascular Science, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, U.K., 2.Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, 3.Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, U.S.A., 4.Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, 5.Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Tokyo Hospital, Matsudo, Japan, 6.Cardiovascular Centre, Toda Central General Hospital, Toda, Japan, 7.Tokyo Women's Medical University - Waseda University Joint Institution for Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, 8.Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, 9.Department of Cardiology, Tachikawa General Hospital, Nagaoka, Japan, 10.Division of Cardiology, Fukuyama Cardiovascular Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan, 11.Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gifu Heart Center, Gifu, Japan, 12.Department of Cardiology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan)

^○Nakamura Masato¹, Suzuki Nobuaki², Kozuma Ken³ (1.Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, 2.Fourth department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, 3.Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)

^○Takura Tomoyuki¹, Ikari Yuji², Ako Junya³, Yokoi Hiroyoshi⁴ (1.Graduate school of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 2.Divition of Cardiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, 3.Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 4.Cardiovascular Center, Fukuoka San-oh Hospital)