About the Authors

Jun-qing Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun-qing Yang, Peng Ran

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Peng Ran

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun-qing Yang, Peng Ran

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Ji-yan Chen

gdphospital@163.com (JYC); gdghospital@163.com (YLZ)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Yi-ting He

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shunde first hospital, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Li-wen Li

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Ning Tan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Guang Li

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Shuo Sun

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Yong Liu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Jia-xin Zhan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Jian-yi Zheng

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Ying-ling Zhou

gdphospital@163.com (JYC); gdghospital@163.com (YLZ)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JYC YLZ. Performed the experiments: JQY PR. Analyzed the data: JQY PR YTH. Wrote the paper: JQY PR. Contributed to revising manuscript critically for important intellectual content: LWL NT GL YL SS. Contributed to acquisition of data: JXZ JYZ.