About the Authors
- Cheng-Ming Tsao
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Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
- Jhih-Gang Jhang
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
- Shiu-Jen Chen
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Affiliations Department of Nursing, Kang-Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Department of Physiology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
- Shuk-Man Ka
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Affiliation Graduate Institute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
- Tao-Cheng Wu
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Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
- Wen-Jinn Liaw
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Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Department of Anesthesiology, Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
- Hsieh-Chou Huang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hsieh-Chou Huang, Chin-Chen Wu
* E-mail: hc1.huang@xuite.net (HCH); ccwu@office365.ndmctsgh.edu.tw (CCW)
Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
- Chin-Chen Wu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hsieh-Chou Huang, Chin-Chen Wu
* E-mail: hc1.huang@xuite.net (HCH); ccwu@office365.ndmctsgh.edu.tw (CCW)
Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Department of Pharmacology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CMT HCH CCW. Performed the experiments: JGJ SJC. Analyzed the data: CMT SJC WJL HCH CCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMK TCW. Wrote the paper: CMT CCW.