[1] Kyushu Univ, Fac Cardiovasc Med, Grad Sch Med Sci, 3-1-1 Maidashi,Higashi Ku, Fukuoka 8128582, Japan
[2] Kyushu Univ Hosp, Ctr Clin & Translat Res, Fukuoka, Japan
[3] Kobe Univ Hosp, Div Cardiovasc Med, Kobe, Japan
[4] Toho Univ, Ohashi Hosp, Med Ctr, Div Cardiovasc Med, Tokyo, Japan
[5] Kyorin Univ, Sch Med, Dept Cardiovasc Med, Tokyo, Japan
[6] Tohoku Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Cardiovasc Med, Sendai, Japan
[7] Nagoya Univ Hosp, Dept Cardiol, Nagoya, Japan
[8] Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Cardiovasc Med, Tokyo, Japan
[9] Int Univ Hlth & Welf, Pulm Hypertens Ctr, Mita Hosp, Tokyo, Japan
[10] Tokyo Med Univ, Dept Cardiol, Tokyo, Japan
[11] Chiba Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Respirol, Chiba, Japan
[12] Hokkaido Univ, Fac Med, Grad Sch Med, Div Resp & Cardiovasc Innovat Res, Sapporo, Japan
[13] Keio Univ, Sch Med, Dept Cardiol, Tokyo, Japan
[14] Int Univ Hlth & Welf, Okawa, Japan