About the Authors

Haichen Wang

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Shengwu Liu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Yan'an University, Yan'an, Shaanxi, China

Shengqiang Liu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Ankang Central Hospital, Ankang, Shaanxi, China

Wei Wei

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Yan'an University, Yan'an, Shaanxi, China

Xiaolong Zhou

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Baoji Central Hospital, Baoji, Shaanxi, China

Fang Lin

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Yan'an University, Yan'an, Shaanxi, China

Juanjuan Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Yan'an University, Yan'an, Shaanxi, China

Jinye Chen

chenjinye3820@163.com (JC); zhangguodun1964@163.com (GZ); pangyongbing1982@126.com (YP)

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary, Ankang Central Hospital, Ankang, Shaanxi, China

Guodong Zhang

chenjinye3820@163.com (JC); zhangguodun1964@163.com (GZ); pangyongbing1982@126.com (YP)

Affiliation Department of Brain Tumor, Baoji Central Hospital, Baoji, Shaanxi, China

Yongbing Pang

chenjinye3820@163.com (JC); zhangguodun1964@163.com (GZ); pangyongbing1982@126.com (YP)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Yan'an University, Yan'an, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HW Shengwu L. JW. Data curation: HW FL. Formal analysis: Shengqiang L. XZ. Funding acquisition: JC. Investigation: HW Shengqiang L. WW. Methodology: HW Shengwu L. Shengqiang L. Project administration: JC HW. Resources: JC GZ YP. Software: HW Shengwu L. WW. Supervision: JC GZ YP. Validation: JC GZ YP. Visualization: Shengwu L. XZ. Writing – original draft: HW Shengwu L. Writing – review & editing: HW Shengqiang L.