About the Authors

Xiao-Xia Hu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-Xia Hu, Li Fu

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, The Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation, Ministry of Health, The First sAffiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China

Li Fu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-Xia Hu, Li Fu

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, The Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation, Ministry of Health, The First sAffiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China

Yan Li

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, The Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation, Ministry of Health, The First sAffiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China

Ze-Bang Lin

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, The Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation, Ministry of Health, The First sAffiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China

Xiang Liu

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, The Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation, Ministry of Health, The First sAffiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China

Jing-Feng Wang

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, P.R. China, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, P.R. China

Yang-Xin Chen

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, P.R. China, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, P.R. China

Zhi-Ping Wang

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, The Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation, Ministry of Health, The First sAffiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China

Xi Zhang

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, The Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation, Ministry of Health, The First sAffiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China

Zhi-Jun Ou

oujs@mail.sysu.edu.cn (J-SO); Zhijunou@163.com (Z-JO)

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation, Ministry of Health, The First sAffiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, Division of Hypertension and Vascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China

Jing-Song Ou

oujs@mail.sysu.edu.cn (J-SO); Zhijunou@163.com (Z-JO)

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, The Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation, Ministry of Health, The First sAffiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: JSO ZJO. Designed the research: JSO ZJO. Performed the main experiment: XXH LF. Instrumental in the pretreatment of the animals: YL ZBL. Performed some animal studies: XL JFW YXC. Analyzed some data and revised the manuscript: ZPW XZ.