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  1. Department of Cardiology, Osaka Police Hospital, 10-31, Kitayama, Tennoji, Osaka, 543-0035, Japan

    Mikiko Matsumura, Yohei Sotomi & Yoshiharu Higuchi

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

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Matsumura, M., Sotomi, Y. & Higuchi, Y. Response to the letter to the editor by Mulia et al.. Heart Vessels 38, 876–877 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-022-02170-4

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