About the Authors

Jianhua Zhu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Ting Chen

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Lin Yang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Zhoubin Li

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Mei Mei Wong

Affiliation Cardiovascular Division, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Xiaoye Zheng

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Xiaoping Pan

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Li Zhang

li.zhang.uk@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Hui Yan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHZ HY LZ. Performed the experiments: TC ZBL LY. Analyzed the data: TC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMW XPP XYZ. Wrote the paper: TC.