About the Authors

Shu-Ling Rong

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Heping Hospital and Institute of cardiovascular disease, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China, Department of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

Xiao-Lin Wang

czsrsl@sina.com (XLW); 2306673817@qq.com (BL)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Heping Hospital and Institute of cardiovascular disease, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China

Cui-Ying Zhang

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China

Zhuo-Hui Song

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China

Lu-Hua Cui

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Heping Hospital and Institute of cardiovascular disease, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China

Xiao-Feng He

Affiliation Department of Research, Heping Hospital, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China

Xu-Jiong Li

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China

Hui-Jin Du

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Heping Hospital and Institute of cardiovascular disease, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China

Bao Li

czsrsl@sina.com (XLW); 2306673817@qq.com (BL)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: XLW BL SLR CYZ. Data curation: XLW BL SLR CYZ XFH. Formal analysis: XLW BL SLR CYZ XFH. Funding acquisition: XLW SLR. Methodology: SLR XLW XJL CYZ ZHS LHC XFH HJD. Project administration: XLW BL SLR. Resources: XLW BL SLR. Software: XLW BL SLR CYZ XFH. Supervision: XLW BL SLR. Writing – original draft: SLR CYZ. Writing – review & editing: XLW BL.