Journal of Cardiology (2015) 66, I—IV

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In Appreciation The editors gratefully acknowledge the valuable assistance of the following reviewers.

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ABE, HaruhikoABE, KohtaroABE, MitsuruABE, SatoshiABE, ShichiroABE, YoshihisaABE, YukioADACHI, HitoshiAIBA, TakeshiAIHARA, NaohikoAIZAWA, YoshifusaAJISAKA, RyuichiAKAGI, SatoshiAKAGI, TeijiAKAISHI, MakotoAKAO, MasaharuAKAZAWA, HiroshiAKO, JunyaAKUTSU, YasushiAMAKI, MakotoAMANO, KeikoAMANO, TetsuyaAMANO, YasuoAMIYA, EisukeANDO, ShinichiANZAI, ToshihisaAONUMA, KazutakaARAKAWA, KoARAKAWA, TetsuoARITA, MikioASAKURA, MasanoriASANUMA, HiroshiASANUMA, ToshihikoASAUMI, YasuhideASHIKAGA, TakashiASHIZAWA, NaotoASO, KentaroATARASHI, HirotsuguAYUSAWA, Mamoru

BAN, NobuhikoBOKU, HitomiBRODMANN, Marianne

CHIDA, KoichiCHIKAMORI, TaishiroCHINUSHI, MasaomiCHISHAKI, AkikoCORNELISSEN, Veronique Ann

DAIMON, MasaoDE JONG, Pim ADOHI, KaoruDOHI, TomotakaDOHI, YasuakiDOHI, YoshihiroDOI, Yasuji

DOMEI, TakenoriEBANA, YusukeEBATO, MioEHARA, NatsuhikoEHARA, ShoichiENDO, YasuhiroENJOJI, Yoshihisa

FONAROW, Gregg C.FUJII, EitaroFUJIKI, AkiraFUJIMOTO, HajimeFUJINO, NoboruFUJIOKA, YoshioFUJIWARA, HisayoshiFUKAZAWA, RyujiFUKUDA, HirotsuguFUKUDA, KojiFUKUDA, ShotaFUKUMA, NagaharuFUKUMOTO, YoshihiroFUKUNAMI, MasatakeFUKUSHIMA, HiroyukiFUKUSHIMA, YoshimitsuFUKUYAMA, TakayaFURUKAWA, TetsushiFURUKAWA, Yutaka

GESHI, EiichiGOLLAMUDI, SatyaGOTO, ShinyaGOTO, YoichiGOWDA, Srinath

HAKUNO, DaihikoHALUSHKA, Marc KHAMADA, HiromichiHAMADA, MareomiHAMANO, TakayukiHAMASAKI, ShuichiHANATANI, AkihisaHANEDA, TakashiHANO, TakuzoHARA, HidehikoHARADA, KazumasaHARADA, KenjiHARAKI, TatsuoHASEGAWA, TakuyaHASHIGUCHI, TerutoHASHIMOTO, IkuoHATA, AkihiroHAYABUCHI, YasunobuHAYASHI, HidekiHAYASHIDA, KentaroHEDGIRE, Sandeep SHIBI, KiyoshiHIGAKI, Takashi

HIGASHI, YukeiHIGASHI, YukihitoHIGO, TaikiHIGUMA, TakumiHIKICHI, YutakaHIRAI, MakotoHIRAI, TadakazuHIRANO, MasaharuHIRANO, YutakaHIRASHIKI, AkihiroHIRATA, KazuhitoHIRATA, NobuakiHIRAYAMA, AtsushiHIRO, TakafumiHIROE, MichiakiHIROI, YukioHIROOKA, YoshitakaHIROTANI, ShinichiHISATOME, IchiroHOKIMOTO, SeijiHONDA, TakashiHONGO, KenichiHONJO, HaruoHONYE, JunkoHORI, ShingoHORIE, MinoruHORIUCHI, HisanoriHOSHIDE, SatoshiHOSOKAWA, RyoheiHOSOYAMA, TohruHU, Dayi

IBUKI, ChikaoICHIDA, FukikoIEMURA, MotofumiIKEDA, KazuyukiIKEDA, TakanoriIKEDA, UichiIMAI, KatsuhikoIMAI, YasushiIMAMURA, TeruhikoIMANAKA, KazuhitoIMANISHI, ToshioINAI, KeiINDEN, YasuyaINO, HidekazuINOMATA, TakayukiINOUE, HiroshiINOUE, KoichiINOUE, TeruoISAKA, NaokiISHIBASHI, YutakaISHIDA, MariISHIDA, SanemasaISHIDA, TatsuroISHIHARA, MasaharuISHII, Hideki

II In Appreciation

ISHII, HidekiISHII, JunnichiISHII, YosukeISHIKAWA, TetsuyaISHIKAWA, ToshiyukiISHIMITSU, ToshihikoISHIWATA, SugaoISHIZAKA, NobukazuISHIZU, TomokoISOBE, FumitakaISOBE, MitsuakiISODA, KikuoISOMURA, TadashiISSHIKI, TakaakiITO, HiroshiITO, KentaITO, TakahideITOH, AkiraITOH, TomonoriITOI, ToshiyukiIWAI-TAKANO, MasumiIWAKURA, KatsuomiIWANAGA, ShiroIWASAKI, KohichiroIWATA, HiroshiIZUMI, ChisatoIZUMIYA, Yasuhiro

JASON, LeonardJINGU, KeiichiJINZAKI, Masahiro

KAGAYA, YutakaKAGOSHIMA, MitsuruKAI, HisashiKAI, MichiakiKAJIMOTO, KatsuyaKAMAKURA, ShiroKAMAKURA, TsukasaKANAYA, HouninKANZAKI, HideakiKARASAWA, KensukeKARIO, KazuomiKASAHARA, MasatoKASAI, TakatoshiKASAI, TokuoKASAMA, ShuKASAOKA, ShunjiKASEDA, ShunichiKASHIHARA, ToshihideKATO, MahotoKATO, MasahikoKATO, MasayaKATO, TakaoKATO, TakeshiKATO, Tomoko SugiyamaKAUFMANN, PhilippKAWADA, TomoyukiKAWAGUCHI, RenKAWAI, HiroyaKAWAI, MakotoKAWANA, MasatoshiKAWANO, HiroakiKAWASAKI, MasanoriKAWASHIRI, MasaakiKAWATA, HiroKAWAUCHI, MotohiroKAYANO, HiroyukiKIDO, TeruhitoKIDO, TomoyukiKIHARA, YasukiKIJIMA, YoshiyukiKIMURA, KazuoKIMURA, SumitoKIMURA, TakeshiKINUGAWA, Koichiro

KINUGAWA, ShintaroKISHI, TakuyaKISHIMOTO, ChiharuKISHIMOTO, IchiroKITAGAWA, AtsushiKITAGAWA, KakuyaKITAJIMA, IsaoKITAKAZE, MasafumiKITAMURA, TetsuyaKITAOKA, HiroakiKOBA, ShinjiKOBAYASHI, DaisukeKOBAYASHI, JunjiroKOBAYASHI, ShigekiKOBAYASHI, TooruKOBAYASHI, ToshikiKOBAYASHI, YasuhiroKOBAYASHI, YasuyukiKOBAYASHI, YoshinoriKOBAYASHI, YoshioKOBAYASHI, YouichiKOCKELKOREN, RemkoKODAMA, MakotoKODANI, EitaroKOHSAKA, ShunKOITABASHI, ToshimiKOITO, HitoshiKOJIMA, SunaoKOKUBO, YoshihiroKOMAMURA, KazuoKOMATSU, SeiKOMATSU, TakashiKOMIYAMA, NobuyukiKOMUKAI, KimiakiKONDO, TakeshiKONNO, TetsuoKORETSUNE, YukihiroKOSUGE, MasamiKOTANI, Jun-IchiKOTANI, KazuhikoKOYAMA, JunKOYAMA, TakashiKOYAMA, YasushiKOZUMA, KenKUBO, TakashiKUBO, ToruKUBOTA, HiroshiKUGA, KeisukeKUMAGAI, HirooKUMAGAI, KoichiroKUMAGAI, KojiKUME, TeruyoshiKUNICHIKA, HidekiKUNIMOTO, SatoshiKURABAYASHI, ManabuKURABAYASHI, MasahikoKURAMITSU, ShoichiKURATA, AkiraKURITA, TakashiKUROTOBI, ToshiyaKUSAMA, YoshikiKUSANO, KengoKUSUHARA, TakayoshiKUWABARA, YasuhideKUWAHARA, Taishi

LEE, Jong-Dae

MACHIDA, HaruhikoMACHINO, TomokoMAEKAWA, YuichiroMAEMURA, KojiMAKIYAMA, TakeruMANABE, NorikoMASUTANI, SatoshiMASUYAMA, Tohru

MATOBA, TetsuyaMATSUE, YuyaMATSUI, MotoyukiMATSUI, YoshioMATSUI, YoshiroMATSUMOTO, NaoyaMATSUMOTO, YasuharuMATSUMURA, YoshihisaMATSUO, ShinroMATSUOKA, HiroshiMATSUURA, HiroyukiMAZUR, WojciechMEGURO, TomomiMICHISHITA, IchiroMINAGAWA, TaroMINAKATA, KenjiMINAMINO, TohruMINATOGUCHI, ShinyaMITA, TomoyaMITANI, HaruoMITANI, YoshihideMITSUMA, WataruMITSUNO, MasatakaMIURA, KatsuyaMIURA, Shin-IchiroMIURA, TetsujiMIYAGAWA, MasaoMIYAMOTO, KojiMIYAMOTO, ShoichiMIYASAKA, YokoMIYATA, MasaakiMIYAUCHI, KatsumiMIYAZAKI, ShinsukeMIYAZAKI, ShunichiMIZUNO, AtsushiMIZUNO, SumioMIZUSHIGE, KatsufumiMIZUSHIMA, ShunsakuMOMIYAMA, YukihikoMOMOMURA, Shin-IchiMORI, IsseiMORI, YoshikiMORIMOTO, Shin-IchiroMORIMOTO, TakeshiMORINO, YoshihiroMORITA, HiroshiMORITA, HiroyukiMORITA, HisakiMORITA, ShigekiMOROTA, TetsuroMOTOMURA, NoboruMOTOYAMA, SadakoMUNEUCHI, JunMURAKAMI, HironoriMURAKAMI, TomoakiMURAKAWA, YujiMURAKOSHI, NobuyukiMURASAKI, KagariMURATA, IchiroMURATA, KazuyaMURO, TakashiMUSCARI, Antonio

NAGAI, MichiakiNAGAO, MichinobuNAGASE, SatoshiNAKAGAWA, MikikoNAKAGAWA, YoshihisaNAKAHARA, ShiroNAKAI, KenjiNAKAJIMA, HiromichiNAKAJIMA, KenichiNAKAJIMA, ToshiakiNAKAMURA, HiroshiNAKAMURA, KazufumiNAKAMURA, Masato

In Appreciation III

NAKAMURA, MotoyukiNAKANO, KiyoharuNAKAO, KoichiNAKAO, KojiroNAKATANI, SatoshiNAKAYAMA, RiichiroNAKAZATO, RyoNAKAZATO, YujiNAKAZAWA, GakuNANASATO, MamoruNARUKO, TakahikoNARUSE, YoshihisaNAWATA, KanNII, TakanobuNIINUMA, HiroyukiNIREI, TakashiNISHIDA, HiroshiNISHIDA, KunihiroNISHIGAKI, KazuhikoNISHIGAMI, KazuhiroNISHII, MototsuguNISHIKIMI, ToshioNISHIMURA, MotonobuNISHIMURA, ShigeyukiNISHIOKA, ToshihikoNISHIYAMA, AkiraNISHIZAKI, MitsuhiroNISHIZAKI, YujiNITTA, TakashiNIWA, AkihiroNIWANO, ShinichiNOBUOKA, SachihikoNODE, KoichiNOGAMI, AkihikoNOGUCHI, TeruoNONOGI, HiroshiNOTOMI, YuichiNUNODA, Shinichi

ODA, HirotakaODAKURA, HironoriOGAWA, HisaoOGIMOTO, AkiyoshiOGINO, HitoshiOHARA, TakahiroOHKUSA, TomokoOHMORI, KojiOHNO, TakayukiOHSHIMA, ShigeruOHTANI, TomohitoOHTE, NobuyukiOHYA, YusukeOHYANAGI, MitsumasaOIDA, AkitsuguOISHI, MitsuruOKADA, MunemasaOKADA, YukikatsuOKAMOTO, HiroshiOKAMOTO, RyujiOKAMURA, AtsunoriOKAMURA, HideoOKAMURA, TakayukiOKANO, YoshiakiOKAYAMA, HidekiOKAZAKI, MasahiroOKISHIGE, KaoruOKITA, YutakaOKUMURA, YasuoOKURA, HiroyukiOKUYAMA, YujiONISHI, KatsuyaONO, KatsushigeONO, KazukoONO, KohONO, Koichi

ONO, OhmiONO, ShiroORIHASHI, KazumasaOSHIMA, NaokiOTAKE, HiromasaOTSUJI, YutakaOYAMA, KotaroOZASA, NeikoOZAWA, Koya

RAKUGI, Hiromi

SAIKAWA, TetsunoriSAIKI, YoshikatsuSAITO, NaritatsuSAITO, YoshihikoSAKAKOBARA, MamoruSAKAMOTO, ShunichiroSAKAMOTO, TomohiroSAKATA, YasuhikoSAKATA, YasushiSAKATANI, KaoruSAKUMA, HajimeSANADA, ShojiSANGAWA, MutsukoSANO, MotoakiSASAKI, ShingoSATO, AkiraSATO, NaokiSATO, TadayaSATO, TetsuyaSATO, YuichiSATO, YukihitoSATOMI, KazuhiroSEINO, YoshihikoSEO, ToshihikoSETO, ShinjiSHIBA, NobuyukiSHIBATA, NobuhikoSHIGA, TsuyoshiSHIGEMATSU, YuujiSHIINA, KazukiSHIMABUKURO, MichioSHIMADA, KazunoriSHIMADA, Ken-EiSHIMADA, ToshioSHIMIZU, AkihikoSHINKE, ToshiroSHINTANI, SatoshiSHIOJIMA, IchiroSHIOMI, HirokiSHIRAI, TakeakiSHIRAISHI, HirokazuSHITAKURA, KazunobuSHITE, JunyaSOEJIMA, HirofumiSOEJIMA, KyoukoSONODA, ShinjoSUDA, KenjiSUEDA, ShozoSUEDA, TaijiroSUEYOSHI, EijunSUGAWARA, JunSUGIMACHI, MasaruSUGIMURA, KoichiroSUGIYAMA, SeigoSUMII, KotaroSUMITOMO, NaokataSUNAGAWA, KenjiSUWA, MichihiroSUWA, SatoruSUZUKI, FumioSUZUKI, HiroshiSUZUKI, Jun-IchiSUZUKI, Makoto

SUZUKI, ShinyaSUZUKI, TakahikoSVERZELLATI, Nicola

TABATA, TomotsuguTADA, HiroshiTAGUCHI, EijiTAGUCHI, IsaoTAHARA, YoshioTAKAGI, AtsushiTAKAGI, MasahikoTAKAGI, TsutomuTAKAHASHI, JunTAKAHASHI, KenTAKAHASHI, MasafumiTAKAHASHI, NaohikoTAKAHASHI, YoshihideTAKAMA, NoriakiTAKANAMI, KentaroTAKARADA, AkiraTAKASE, BonpeiTAKASHIMA, SeijiTAKATA, JunTAKAYAMA, TadateruTAKAYAMA, ToshioTAKAZAWA, KenjiTAKEDA, NorifumiTAKEHANA, KazuyaTAKEISHI, YasuchikaTAKEKOSHI, NoboruTAKEMURA, HirofumiTAKENAKA, ToshihiroTAKEUCHI, MasaakiTAKIUCHI, ShinTAMANO, KouichiTAMITA, KoichiTANABE, KengoTANAKA, HidekazuTANAKA, KoichiTANAKA, NobuhiroTANAKA, YumikoTANI, TomokoTANNO, KaoruTANOUCHI, JunTATEBE, ShunsukeTERAGAWA, HirokiTERAOKA, KunihikoTERASAKI, FumioTOBARU, TetsuyaTOMITA, HideshiTOMIYAMA, HirofumiTONEY, Glenn MTOYODA, ShigeruTSUCHIHASHI, KazufumiTSUCHIHASHI, TakuyaTSUCHIHASHI-MAKAYA, MiyukiTSUCHIYA, TakeshiTSUDA, EtsukoTSUJINO, TakeshiTSUJITA, KenichiTSURUTA, Toshihiro

UEDA, HironoriUEDA, HiroyasuUEDA, MakikoUEDA, TakashiUEDA, TakuyaUEDA, YasunoriUEHARA, YoshinariUEMATSU, MasaakiUEMURA, ShiroUENO, TakafumiUESHIMA, KenjiUEYAMA, TakeshiUKIMURA, Akira

IV In Appreciation

UMEMOTO, SeijiUNO, KanseiURAYAMA, ShinichiUSUDA, KazuoUSUI, AkihikoUTSUNOMIYA, Hiroto

WAKIDA, YasushiWATANABE, EiichiWATANABE, HiroshiWATANABE, IchiroWATANABE, KentaroWATANABE, NozomiWATANABE, Tetsu

YADA, IsaoYAJIMA, JunjiYAKU, HitoshiYAMABE, Hiroshige

YAMADA, HirotsuguYAMADA, SatoshiYAMAGISHI, HiroyukiYAMAJI, HirosukeYAMAJI, KyoheiYAMAMOTO, HideyaYAMAMOTO, KazuhiroYAMAMOTO, RyoheiYAMAMOTO, TadaoYAMAMURA, KenichiroYAMAMURO, AtsushiYAMANE, TeiichiYAMASAKI, MasaoYAMASHIRO, KoheiYAMASHITA, TakeshiYAMAUCHI-TAKIHARA, KeikoYANASE, MasanobuYANASE, OsamuYANO, Masafumi

YANO, ShojiYASU, TakanoriYASUDA, HisayoYASUDA, SatoshiYASUMURA, YoshioYOKOI, HiroyoshiYOKOYAMA, YasuhiroYOSHIDA, KentaroYOSHIGA, YasuhiroYOSHIHISA, AkiomiYOSHIKAWA, TsutomuYOSHIMURA, MichihiroYOSHINO, HideakiYOSHIOKA, KunihiroYOSIGA, YasuhiroYUDA, Satoshi

ZHANG, Yan