About the Authors

Ma Ruisong

Contributed equally to this work with: Ma Ruisong, Hu Xiaorong

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University; Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Hu Xiaorong

Contributed equally to this work with: Ma Ruisong, Hu Xiaorong

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University; Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Hu Gangying

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University; Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Yi Chunfeng

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University; Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Zhang Changjiang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Enshi City, Hubei, China

Li Xuefei

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University; Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Li Yuanhong

yuanhongwhu@126.com (LY); Jianghwurm@163.com (JH)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Enshi City, Hubei, China

Jiang Hong

yuanhongwhu@126.com (LY); Jianghwurm@163.com (JH)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University; Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR HX LY. Performed the experiments: MR YC LX. Analyzed the data: MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HG ZC. Wrote the paper: MR HX.