About the Authors

Tao Rui

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Affiliated People’s Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China, Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Qizhu Tang

qztang@whu.edu.cn

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TR QZT. Performed the experiments: TR. Analyzed the data: TR QZT. Wrote the paper: TR QZT.