About the Authors

Liang Zhao

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Lin Luo

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Weikun Jia

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Juan Xiao

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Gang Huang

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Geng Tian

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Jingwei Li

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Yingbin Xiao

xyb023@126.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ LL. Performed the experiments: WJ JX. Analyzed the data: GH GT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YX.