1. The Cardiovascular Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou , Taoyuan City 33305 , Taiwan
2. College of Medicine, Chang Gung University , Taoyuan City 33302 , Taiwan
3. School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University , Taoyuan City 33302 , Taiwan
4. Microscopy Core Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou , Taoyuan 33305 , Taiwan
5. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital , Taipei 112304 , Taiwan
6. Institute of Clinical Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University , Taipei , Taiwan
7. Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University , Taoyuan City , Taiwan
8. Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University , Taoyuan City, Taiwan
9. New Taipei City Municipal Tucheng Hospital (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital , Tucheng Branch), New Taipei City 236017 , Taiwan
10. Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University , Taoyuan City 33302 , Taiwan
11. Biostatistics Core Laboratory, Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University , Taoyuan City 33302 , Taiwan
12. Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou , Taoyuan City 33305 , Taiwan
13. Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science at University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital , Liverpool , UK
14. Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University , Denmark