About the Authors

Tsung-Ying Tsai

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Pai-Feng Hsu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Healthcare and Management Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chung-Chi Lin

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yuan-Jen Wang

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yaw-Zon Ding

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Teh-Ling Liou

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ying-Wen Wang

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shao-Sung Huang

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Healthcare and Management Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wan-Leong Chan

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Healthcare and Management Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shing-Jong Lin

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Healthcare and Management Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jaw-Wen Chen

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Healthcare and Management Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsin-Bang Leu

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

hsinbangleu@gmail.com

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Healthcare and Management Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.