Address for correspondence:
Ryosuke Kowatari PhD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hirosaki University
Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8562,
Japan.
Tel: +81-172-39-5074
Fax: +81-172-37-8340.
E-mail:kowatari@hirosaki-u.ac.jp
Funding : None.
Data availability statement : The datasets generated and/or
analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding
author on reasonable request.
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waived by institutional review board.
Patient consent statement: The patient provided written
informed consent for publication.
Acknowledgments : None.