About the Authors

Yun-Jiu Cheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Yun-Jiu Cheng, Zhi-Hao Liu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Zhi-Hao Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Yun-Jiu Cheng, Zhi-Hao Liu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Feng-Juan Yao

Affiliation Department of Ultrasonography, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Wu-Tao Zeng

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Dong-Dan Zheng

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Yu-Gang Dong

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Su-Hua Wu

*wusuhua@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHW YJC. Performed the experiments: YJC ZHL FJY WTZ DDZ YGD SHW. Analyzed the data: YJC ZHL SHW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YJC ZHL FJY WTZ DDZ YGD SHW. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: YJC ZHL SHW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YJC SHW ZHL FJY WTZ DDZ YGD. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: SHW YJC ZHL FJY WTZ DDZ YGD. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: SHW YJC ZHL FJY WTZ DDZ YGD.