About the Authors

Yong Wei

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Songjiang Center Hospital, Shanghai, China

Li-qun Zhao

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Bao-zhen Qi

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Xing Xiao

Affiliation Department of Geratology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Li He

Affiliation Department of Geratology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Gen-qing Zhou

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Song-wen Chen

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Hong-li Li

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Lei Ruan

Affiliation Department of Geratology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Cun-tai Zhang

Affiliation Department of Geratology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Shao-wen Liu

shaowen.liu@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW SWL CTZ. Performed the experiments: YW LQZ BZQ GQZ XX LH LR. Analyzed the data: YW SWC HLL. Wrote the paper: YW.