About the Authors

Xiaogang Guo

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

Xiuren Gao

xiurengao@yahoo.com (X. Gao); shenmingwang@vip.shou.com (SW)

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

Yesong Wang

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

Longyun Peng

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

Yingying Zhu

Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Central Hospital, Tai'an, China

Shenming Wang

xiurengao@yahoo.com (X. Gao); shenmingwang@vip.shou.com (SW)

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: X. Guo X. Gao YW LP YZ SW. Performed the experiments: X. Guo X. Gao YW LP YZ SW. Analyzed the data: X. Guo X. Gao YW LP YZ SW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: X. Guo X. Gao YW LP YZ. Wrote the paper: X. Guo X. Gao YW LP YZ SW.