About the Authors

Jin Wei

weijin@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Deng-Feng Gao

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Hao Wang

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157-1009, United States of America

Rui Yan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Zhi-Quan Liu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Zu-Yi Yuan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Jian Liu

Affiliation Medical College of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Ming-Xia Chen

Affiliation Medical College of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW ZQL. Performed the experiments: JW DFG RY ZYY JL MXC. Analyzed the data: JW DFG HW RY ZYY. Wrote the paper: JW HW ZQL.