About the Authors

Ya-Feng Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Ya-Feng Li, Xiao-Ming Zhu

Affiliations Department of Nephrology and Hemodialysis Center, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, Department of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

Xiao-Ming Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ya-Feng Li, Xiao-Ming Zhu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Fan Liu

Affiliation Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Chuan-Shi Xiao

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

Yun-Fei Bian

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

Hong Li

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

Jun Cai

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Rong-Shan Li

rongshanli@yahoo.com.cn(R-SL); yangxc2010@homail.com (X-CY)

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hemodialysis Center, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

Xin-Chun Yang

rongshanli@yahoo.com.cn(R-SL); yangxc2010@homail.com (X-CY)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YFL RSL XCY JC. Performed the experiments: YFL FL YFB HL XMZ RSL CSX. Analyzed the data: YFL FL XMZ JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YFB HL XMZ. Wrote the paper: YFL JC XCY.