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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Okamoto Memorial Hospital, 100, Nishinokuchi, Sayama, Kyoto, Kumiyama, 613-0034, Japan

    Masahiro Koide, Kento Fukui, Hiroki Kitajima & Satoshi Akabame

  2. Department of Nephrology, Kyoto Okamoto Memorial Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

    Masayasu Nishimura

  3. Department of Pathology, Kyoto Okamoto Memorial Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

    Yasuyuki Enoki

  4. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Okamoto Memorial Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

    Keitarou Koshi

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Koide, M., Fukui, K., Nishimura, M. et al. Author’s reply to Dr. Sujoy Khan’s comments on our case report. J Echocardiogr 19, 192–193 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-020-00483-9

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