About the Authors

Guian Zheng

Affiliations The First Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, Department of Cardiology, Zhangzhou Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fujian, China

Yuxin Li

Affiliation Department of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Analysis, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Huishan Huang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Zhangzhou Medical Science Institute, Fujian, China

Jinghan Wang

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Zhejiang Institute of Hematology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

Atsushi Hirayama

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Jinxiu Lin

jxlin2014@gmail.com

Affiliations The First Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fujian, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GZ AH JL. Performed the experiments: GZ HH JW. Analyzed the data: YL HH JW JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL AH HH JW. Wrote the paper: GZ YL HH JW AH JL.