About the Authors

Yongle Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Yongle Chen, Zhiqi Zhang

Affiliation Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Department of Echocardiography, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, P.R.China

Zhiqi Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yongle Chen, Zhiqi Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, P.R.China

Leilei Cheng

cheng.leilei@zs-hospital.sh.cn

Affiliation Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Department of Echocardiography, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, P.R.China

Li Fan

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, P.R.China

Chunsheng Wang

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, P.R.China

Xianhong Shu

Affiliation Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Department of Echocardiography, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, P.R.China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC XS. Performed the experiments: LF CW ZZ. Analyzed the data: LC YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC XS. Wrote the paper: YC ZZ.