title: Authors' Reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Li-Tan
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D012984:Software