About the Authors

Jing-Wei Li

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China

Cui Xu

Affiliation Medical Department, 305 hospital of PLA, Beijing, PR China

Ye Fan

Affiliation Institute of Respiratory, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China

Yong Wang

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China

Ying-Bin Xiao

xiaoyb@vip.sina.com

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YBX. Performed the experiments: JWL CX. Analyzed the data: YF YW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YF YW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JWL.