From the Research Institute (T.T., I.K., K.Y., T.O., N.M., K.S., M.M., K.K.) and Department of Medicine (T.H., Y.K.), National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan; the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (M.S.), Institute of Health Biosciences The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan; the Department of Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine (M.K.), Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan; and the Department of Medicine and Clinical Science (K.N.), Kyoto... (At 2009-10)