1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
2 Clinical Trials Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Organ Transplant Response System, Guangzhou, China.
3 Wuxi Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People's Hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China.
4 Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, 30-32 Ngan Shing St, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: swan@surgery.cuhk.edu.hk.