About the Authors

Ming Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Jin Wei

weijindr@163.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Hu Shan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Hao Wang

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Yanhe Zhu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Jiahong Xue

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Lin Lin

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Rui Yan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW. Performed the experiments: MZ JW HS YZ LL RY. Analyzed the data: MZ JW HW JX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZ JW HS HW YZ. Wrote the paper: MZ.