^○Yukihide Numata, Yuji Yamanaka, Takayuki Saito (Kariya TOYOTA General Hospital)

^○Hirotaka Watanuki, Masaho Okada, Kayo Sugiyama, Yasuhiro Futamura, Katsuhiko Matsuyama (Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan)

^○Shintaro Takago, Hiroki Kato, Hideyasu Ueda, Hironari No, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Kenji Iino, Keiichi Kimura, Hirofumi Takemura (Thoracic, Cardiovascular and General Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa)

^○Jiro Matsuo, Atsushi Omura, Yousuke Inoue, Yoshimasa Seike, Kyoukun Uehara, Hiroaki Sasaki, Hitoshi Matsuda, Junjro Kobayashi (National cerebral and cardiovascular center)

^○Kiyotoshi Oishi, Tomohiro Mizuno, Keiji Oi, Masafumi Yashima, Hidehito Kuroki, Tatsuki Fujiwara, Masashi Takeshita, Toshihiro Kubo, Yuushi Okumura, Junya Nabeshima, Hirokuni Arai (Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Cardiovascular Surgery)