Aoi TAKAHATA, Masahiro WANEZAKI, Takayuki NAGAI, Shunsuke EDAMURA, Harutoshi TAMURA, Satoshi NISHIYAMA, Tetsu WATANABE, Masafumi WATANABE (Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine)

Junji KOYAMATSU¹, Gorou YOSHIOKA², Toshiharu UMEKI¹, Kouhei KANETA², Yoshiko SAKAMOTO², Maya ISHIGUMA¹, Kouji KUSABA¹, Satoshi OOEDA¹, Kouichi NODE², Eizaburou SUEOKA¹ (1.Clinical Laboratory, Saga University Hospital, 2.Cardiology, Saga University Hospital)

Taiki HIRONAKA¹, Takuya OMURO², Mayu NAKAMOTO³, Kenta KUNIMITSU³, Ayako TOYOTA³, Tomoko TANAKA³, Toru ARIYOSHI³, Ayumi OMURO⁴, Yasuaki WADA⁵, Nobuaki TANAKA² (1.Department of Bioinformatics, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Health Sciences Nursing and Laboratory Science, 2.Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 3.Ultrasound Examination Center, Yamaguchi University Hospital, 4.Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 5.Division of Laboratory, Yamaguchi University Hospital)

Mayumi MORISHITA¹, Yukio ABE², Hiromitsu SAKAKIHARA¹, Rieko OOHARA¹, Shigeki YOKOTA¹, Nanaka NOMURA², Yoshiki MATSUMURA², Kenji SHIMENO², Takahiko NARUKO² (1.Clinical Laboratory, Osaka City General Hospital, 2.Cardiology, Osaka City General Hospital)

Tomoyuki WATANABE¹, Masumi IWAI-TAKANO^2,3 (1.Division of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Health Coop. Watari Hospital, 2.Department of Epidemiology, Fukushima Medical University, 3.Division of Cardiovascular Surgery,, Fukushima Medical University)