About the Authors

Xin Lu

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

Yunle Wang

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

Haoyu Meng

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

Pengsheng Chen

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

Yaqing Huang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Zemu Wang

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

Ningtian Zhou

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

Chunjian Li

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

Liansheng Wang

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

Enzhi Jia

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

Zhijian Yang

zhijianyangnj@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZY EJ XL. Performed the experiments: XL YW HM PC. Analyzed the data: XL YH CL LW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZW NZ. Wrote the paper: XL YW ZY. Helped to write the manuscript: ZY.