About the Authors
- Mei Dong
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Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Lin Zhong
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Affiliation Yu Huang Ding Hospital, Yantai, Shandong, China
- Wen Qiang Chen
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Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Xiao Ping Ji
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Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Mei Zhang
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Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Yu Xia Zhao
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Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Li Li
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Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Gui Hua Yao
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Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Peng Fei Zhang
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Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Cheng Zhang
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* E-mail: leilybao@163.com (LZ); zhangcheng8003@yahoo.cn (CZ); zhangyun@sdu.edu.cn (YZ)
Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Lei Zhang
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* E-mail: leilybao@163.com (LZ); zhangcheng8003@yahoo.cn (CZ); zhangyun@sdu.edu.cn (YZ)
Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Yun Zhang
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* E-mail: leilybao@163.com (LZ); zhangcheng8003@yahoo.cn (CZ); zhangyun@sdu.edu.cn (YZ)
Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: L. Zhang YZ CZ. Performed the experiments: MD L. Zhong WQC GHY PFZ. Analyzed the data: MD L. Zhang L. Zhong WQC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XPJ MZ YXZ LL. Wrote the paper: L. Zhang YZ. Performed the ultrasonographic system: XPJ MZ. Performed the IVUS system: YXZ LL.