About the Authors
- Xiangdong Zhu
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Affiliation Program in Advanced Resuscitation Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Zuo-Hui Shao
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Affiliation Program in Advanced Resuscitation Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Changqing Li
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Affiliation Program in Advanced Resuscitation Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Jing Li
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Affiliation Program in Advanced Resuscitation Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Qiang Zhong
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Affiliation Program in Advanced Resuscitation Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Jonathan Learoyd
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Affiliation Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Angelo Meliton
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Affiliation Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Lucille Meliton
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Affiliation Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Alan R. Leff
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Affiliation Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Terry L. Vanden Hoek
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* E-mail: tvh@uic.edu
Affiliation Program in Advanced Resuscitation Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
The co-author Dr. Alan Leff has received research grant support from GlaxoSmithKline. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TVH ARL XZ. Performed the experiments: XZ ZS CL JL QZ JL AM LM. Analyzed the data: XZ ZS. Wrote the paper: XZ ZS TVH.