About the Authors

Ya-Ling Han

hanyl@medmail.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Quan-Yu Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Yi Li

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Shao-Yi Guan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Quan-Min Jing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Zu-Lu Wang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Xin Zhao

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Xiao-Zeng Wang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Ying-Yan Ma

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Bin Wang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Jie Deng

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Geng Wang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Young-Hak Kim

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLH QYZ YL YHK. Performed the experiments: SYG QMJ SLW XZ XZW YYM BW JD GW. Analyzed the data: QYZ YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QYZ YL. Wrote the paper: YLH QYZ YL YHK. Study design and English writing: YLH QYZ YL. Patients enrollment and data collection: SYG QMJ ZLW XZ XZW YYM GW. Statistical analysis: BW JD. Proofreading: YHK.