Abstract
The author (T. Kume) apologizes for errors which appeared in the Table 2, page 1266, Vol 72. Aortic cross-sectional area was 5.8±1.5 cm2 in group A and 5.5±0.8 cm2 in group B. The corrected Table 2 is given below. (Circ J 2008; 72: 1265-1269)