About the Authors

Wenli Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Command, PLA, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Nan Jia

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Fourth People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Jinzi Su

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Jinxiu Lin

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Feng Peng

pengfeng@medmail.com.cn (FP); niuwenquan_shcn@163.com (WN)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Wenquan Niu

pengfeng@medmail.com.cn (FP); niuwenquan_shcn@163.com (WN)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WN FP. Performed the experiments: WZ FP NJ. Analyzed the data: WN FP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WZ NJ JS JL. Wrote the paper: WN FP.