About the Authors

Jialu Hu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jialu Hu, Meng Ji

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Meng Ji

Contributed equally to this work with: Jialu Hu, Meng Ji

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang, China

Conway Niu

Affiliation Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Asiyeguli Aini

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang, China

Qina Zhou

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang, China

Ling Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang, China

Tao Jiang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang, China

Yan Yan

jackyan000@hotmail.com (YY); houyuemei@sina.com (YMH)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Yuemei Hou

jackyan000@hotmail.com (YY); houyuemei@sina.com (YMH)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the Central Hospital of Fengxian District, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLH YY YMH. Performed the experiments: JLH MJ QNZ LZ AA TJ CWN. Analyzed the data: JLH MJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY YMH. Wrote the paper: JLH CWN.