About the Authors

Rong Gu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

Wen Lu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

Jun Xie

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

Jian Bai

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

Biao Xu

xubiao@medmail.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG BX. Performed the experiments: RG WL JX JB BX. Analyzed the data: RG WL JX JB. Wrote the paper: RG BX.