About the Authors
- Huai-Ren Chang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Huai-Ren Chang, Jen-Che Hsieh
Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
- Jen-Che Hsieh
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Contributed equally to this work with: Huai-Ren Chang, Jen-Che Hsieh
Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
- Bang-Gee Hsu
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Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
- Ling-Yi Wang
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Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, College of Pulbic Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Michael Yu-Chih Chen
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Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
- Ji-Hung Wang
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* E-mail: 8311016@gmail.com
Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BGH JHW. Performed the experiments: HRC JCH BGH MYC. Analyzed the data: HRC JCH BGH JHW. Wrote the paper: HRC JCH LYW JHW.