About the Authors

Wei Wei

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei Wei, Hongtao Liao

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Hongtao Liao

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei Wei, Hongtao Liao

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Yumei Xue

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Xianhong Fang

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Jun Huang

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Yang Liu

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Hai Deng

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Yuanhong Liang

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Zili Liao

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Fangzhou Liu

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Weidong Lin

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Xianzhang Zhan

dr_shulinwu@126.com (SW); gdzxz@163.com (XZ)

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Shulin Wu

dr_shulinwu@126.com (SW); gdzxz@163.com (XZ)

Affiliations Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of South China Structural Heart Disease, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: XZ SW. Data curation: WW HL JH. Formal analysis: WW FL. Funding acquisition: SW. Investigation: WW HL. Methodology: HL YX XF. Project administration: SW. Resources: WW YX XF FL HD Y. Liang. Software: WW WL. Supervision: SW XZ. Validation: JH Y. Liu ZL. Visualization: WW FL. Writing – original draft: WW. Writing – review & editing: WW XZ SW.