1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
2. Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
3. The Cardiovascular Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
4. College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
5. Microscopy Core Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
6. Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
7. Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science at University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom and Danish Center for Health Services Research, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
8. Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan