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Volume 137, Issue 4 , Pages 957-962, April 2009

Ichiro Yoshioka, MD, PhD
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Yoshikatsu Saiki, MD, PhD
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Address for reprints: Yoshikatsu Saiki, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574 Japan.
Azusa Ichinose, MD, PhD
- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Kei Takase, MD, PhD
- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Shoki Takahashi, MD, PhD
- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Toshiro Ohashi, PhD
- Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Masaaki Sato, PhD
- Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Koichi Tabayashi, MD, PhD
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan