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We thank members of the echocardiography laboratory at Hokkaido University Hospital: Mr. Masahiro Nakabachi, Ms. Shinobu Yokoyama, Mr. Hisao Nishino, Dr. Shingo Tsujinaga, Dr. Suguru Ishizaka, Dr. Ko Motoi, Dr. Youji Tamaki, Dr. Hiroyuki Aoyagi, Mr. Kazunori Okada, and Prof. Sanae Kaga for counseling about the discussion section.
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Concept/design: AT, MM, and HI; management of the patient: YC and HI; data collection and interpretation of the results: AT and MM; data analysis/interpretation: AT, MM, HI, YC, MN, TT, and TA; drafting article: AT, MM, and HI; counsel about the discussion section: AT, MM, HI, YC, MN, TT, and TA; critical revision of article: HI, TT, and TA; funding: MN and TT. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
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Tanemura, A., Murayama, M., Iwano, H. et al. Relevance of early-diastolic mitral regurgitation in dilated heart. J Echocardiogr 21, 50–52 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-021-00547-4
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