Ryohei Suzuki, DVM, PhD. He is an associate professor at the Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan. His specialty is cardiology (especially echocardiography). He is in charge of the cardiovascular department at the veterinary teaching hospital at our university. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9451-5854