Original papers: Blood vessels
Sakurai, Masatoa; Yamakado, Tetsub; Kurachi, Hideshib; Kato, Takaakia; Kuroda, Kenjib; Ishisu, Ryoichib; Okamoto, Shinyab; Isaka, Naokia; Nakano, Takeshia; Ito, Masaakia
aDepartment of Cardiology, Mie University of Medicine, Mie, Japan
bDepartment of Cardiology, Nabari City Hospital, Nabari, Mie, Japan
Received 21 October, 2005
Revised 9 September, 2006
Accepted 28 September, 2006
Correspondence and requests for reprints to Tetsu Yamakado, MD, Department of Cardiology, Nabari City Hospital, Yurigaoka Nishi 1-178, Nabari, Mie, Japan Tel: +81 595 61 1100; fax: +81 595 64 7999; e-mail: [email protected]
Conflict of interest: none.