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Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China; Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China. Electronic address: lixiaoping0119@163.com.
• ² Thermoregulation and Inflammation Laboratory, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610083, China.
• ³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
• ⁴ Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China.
• ⁵ Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China. Electronic address: drhua@yahoo.cn.