About the Authors

Hongjing Guan

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Lihua Zhu

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Mingyue Fu

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Da Yang

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Song Tian

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Yuanyuan Guo

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Changping Cui

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Lang Wang

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Hong Jiang

hongjiangwuedu@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HG HJ. Performed the experiments: HG MF LZ CC DY ST. Analyzed the data: HG LZ HJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YG LW HJ. Wrote the paper: HG LZ.