About the Authors

Morgan Fu

Contributed equally to this work with: Morgan Fu, Cheuk-Kwan Sun

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Cheuk-Kwan Sun

Contributed equally to this work with: Morgan Fu, Cheuk-Kwan Sun

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yu-Chun Lin

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ching-Jen Wang

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chiung-Jen Wu

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Sheung-Fat Ko

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Sarah Chua

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jiunn-Jye Sheu

Affiliation Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chiang-Hua Chiang

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan

Pei-Lin Shao

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Steve Leu

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hon-Kan Yip

han.gung@msa.hinet.net

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF YCL. Performed the experiments: CKS JJS CHC PLS. Analyzed the data: C.-J. Wang C-J. Wu SFK SC. Wrote the paper: SL HKY.