About the Authors

Bo-Qia Xie

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Department of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Wei Wang

Affiliation Department of Respiration, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Wen-Qian Zhang

Affiliation Department of Thoracic surgery, Institute of Respiratory Disease, Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Xin-Hua Guo

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Min-Fu Yang

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Li Wang

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Zuo-Xiang He

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Yue-Qin Tian

dr.yueqintian@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BQX YQT. Performed the experiments: WW WQZ XHG LW. Analyzed the data: MFY ZXH. Wrote the manuscript: BQX YQT.