About the Authors
- Li Zhang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Li Zhang, Jing Zhang
Affiliations Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, The Heart Center, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children/Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Jing Zhang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Li Zhang, Jing Zhang
Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Wei Han
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Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Jun Gao
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Affiliations Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Department of Ultrasound, Wuhan Women and Children Medical Center, Wuhan, China
- Lin He
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Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Yali Yang
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Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Ping Yin
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Affiliation Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Mingxing Xie
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* E-mail: shuping.ge@drexelmed.edu (SG); xiemx64@126.com (MX)
Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Shuping Ge
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* E-mail: shuping.ge@drexelmed.edu (SG); xiemx64@126.com (MX)
Affiliations The Heart Center, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children/Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, NJ 08015, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SG MX LZ. Performed the experiments: LZ JZ WH JG LH YY. Analyzed the data: PY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ JZ WH LH. Wrote the paper: LZ JZ MX SG.