1. Department of Cardiology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Japan (I.T.).
2. Teikyo Academic Research Center, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan (S.I., T. Kaneko).
3. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (H.I., K.M., H.D.).
4. Department of Cardiology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan (H.T.).
5. Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Japan (M.A.).
6. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan (E.A.).
7. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokuto Social Medical Corp, Hokuto Hospital, Obihiro, Japan (T.O.).
8. Department of Cardiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan (Y. Ozaki).
9. Caress Sapporo Hokko Memorial Clinic, Sapporo, Japan (I.S.).
10. Department of Cardiology, Tenri Hospital, Japan (Y.N.).
11. Division of Cardiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Japan (K.H., K. Kimura).
12. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (T.H., A.H.).
13. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan (Y.F.).
14. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital, Japan (S.H.).
15. Clinical Research Support Center, University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan (T.Y.).
16. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (H.I.).
17. Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kita-Kyushu, Japan (Y. Otsuji).
18. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan (J.T., H.S.).
19. Cardiovascular Center, Fukuoka Sanno Hospital, Japan (H.Y.).
20. Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan (K. Kitagawa).
21. Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Japan (T.U.).
22. Clinical Research Institute and Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine and Neurology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan (Y.O.).
23. Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan (Y.T.).
24. Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan (K.T.).
25. Department of Neurology, Nippon Medical School Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Tama, Japan (T.N.).
26. Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Hoshigaoka Medical Center, Hirakata, Japan (M. Matsumoto).
27. Department of Integrated Science and Technology for Sustainable Society, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan (Y. Ohashi).
28. Department of Clinical Research Medicine, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan (R.F.).
29. National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Center for Clinical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan (H. Ohtsu).
30. National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan (H. Ogawa).
31. Chiba University, Japan (Y.S.).
32. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (T. Kimura).
33. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Japan (T.I.).
34. St. Hill Hospital, Ube, Japan (M. Matsuzaki).
35. Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan (R.N.).