About the Authors

Chao Deng

Contributed equally to this work with: Chao Deng, Zhongchan Sun, Guang Tong

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Zhongchan Sun

Contributed equally to this work with: Chao Deng, Zhongchan Sun, Guang Tong

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Guang Tong

Contributed equally to this work with: Chao Deng, Zhongchan Sun, Guang Tong

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Wei Yi

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Li Ma

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Navy General Hospital, Beijing, China

Bijun Zhao

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Liang Cheng

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Jinzhou Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Feng Cao

wind8828@gmail.com (FC); dinghuayi210@126.com (DY)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Dinghua Yi

wind8828@gmail.com (FC); dinghuayi210@126.com (DY)

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD GT ZS DY FC WY. Performed the experiments: CD GT ZS LC BZ JZ DY LM. Analyzed the data: CD GT ZS DY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC BZ JZ. Wrote the paper: CD GT DY.