About the Authors

Shenwei Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shenwei Zhang, Yilin Zhao, Ming Xu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Seventh People's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, China

Yilin Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Shenwei Zhang, Yilin Zhao, Ming Xu

Affiliation Department of Respiration, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Ming Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Shenwei Zhang, Yilin Zhao, Ming Xu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Li Yu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Seventh People's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, China

Yujie Zhao

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Seventh People's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, China

Jianghong Chen

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Yiqiang Yuan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Seventh People's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, China

Qiangsun Zheng

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Xiaolin Niu

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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY XN. Performed the experiments: SZ YilinZ QZ. Analyzed the data: LY YujieZ MX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC. Wrote the paper: XN.