About the Authors

Ming-En Hsu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ming-En Hsu, Yu-Ting Cheng

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

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Yu-Ting Cheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Ming-En Hsu, Yu-Ting Cheng

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Chih-Hsiang Chang

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Division of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Yi‐Hsin Chan

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Victor Chien-Chia Wu

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Kuo-Chun Hung

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Chia-Pin Lin

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Kuo-Sheng Liu

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Pao-Hsien Chu

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

josephchen0314@gmail.com (SWC); Taipei.chu@gmail.com (PHC)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Shao-Wei Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

josephchen0314@gmail.com (SWC); Taipei.chu@gmail.com (PHC)

Affiliations Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Center for Big Data Analytics and Statistics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

No conflicts of interest for all authors