About the Authors

In-Jeong Cho

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Hyuk-Jae Chang

hjchang@yuhs.ac

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Hyemoon Chung

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Sang-Eun Lee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Chi Young Shim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Geu-Ru Hong

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Jong-Won Ha

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Namsik Chung

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJC. Performed the experiments: IJC HC SEL. Analyzed the data: IJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CYS GRH JWH NC. Wrote the paper: IJC HJC.