About the Authors

Xian-Ming Chu

chuxianming@medmail.com.cn (XC); cxm19782001@sina.com (YA)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266100, China

Hua Yu

Affiliation The Affiliated Cardiovascular Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China

Xue-Xia Sun

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266100, China

Yi An

chuxianming@medmail.com.cn (XC); cxm19782001@sina.com (YA)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266100, China

Bing Li

Affiliation Department of Biology, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266021, China

Xue-Bin Li

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, 100044, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XC YA BL. Performed the experiments: XC BL YA HY. Analyzed the data: XC XS XL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HY XL XS. Wrote the paper: XC YA BL.