About the Authors

Hyun Kang

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Yoon Sang Chung

Affiliations Heart Research Institute, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Sang Wook Kim

Affiliations Heart Research Institute, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Geun Joo Choi

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Beom Gyu Kim

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Suk Won Park

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ju Won Seok

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Joonhwa Hong

jhong@cau.ac.kr

Affiliations Heart Research Institute, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH HK GJC YSC. Performed the experiments: JH HK YSC BGK SWP JWS. Analyzed the data: JH HK SWK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SWK SWP JWS. Wrote the paper: JH HK.