Affiliation: | 1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan;2. Department of Advanced Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan;3. Department of Vascular Surgery, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan;4. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan;5. Senko Medical Instrument Manufacturing Company, Limited, Saitama, Japan;6. Department of Pathology, Osaka University School of Allied Health Science, Osaka, Japan |