About the Authors

Fei Gao

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Yu Jie Zhou

yjzhou.az@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Da Yi Hu

Affiliation Heart Centre, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China

Ying Xin Zhao

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Yu Yang Liu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Zhi Jian Wang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Shi Wei Yang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Xiao Li Liu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

This study was partly funded by AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJZ DYH. Performed the experiments: FG YXZ YYL ZJW SWY. Analyzed the data: FG ZJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SWY XLL. Wrote the paper: FG.