**Author details**

Soh Hosoba\* , Tohru Asai and Tomoaki Suzuki *Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan* 

<sup>\*</sup> Correspondig Author

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