About the Authors

Zhipeng Hu

Affiliations Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Xiangyang, Hubei Province, China

Zhiwei Wang

wangzhiwp@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Hongbing Wu

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Zhimin Yang

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Xiangyang, Hubei Province, China

Wanli Jiang

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Luocheng Li

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Xiaoping Hu

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZH ZW. Performed the experiments: ZH ZY WJ LL HW. Analyzed the data: ZH HW WJ XH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZH. Wrote the paper: ZH.