Affiliation: | 1. Echocardiography Laboratory, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK;2. Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK;3. William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK;4. Department of Microbiology, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK;5. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK;1. Cardiovascular Department, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia;2. School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia;3. Cardiothoracic Surgical Department, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia;4. Cardiac and Stroke Outcome Unit, Hunter New England Area Local Health District, Newcastle, NSW, Australia;1. Department of Vascular Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Endovascular Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Aortic Dissection, Navy Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China;2. Department of General Surgery, Second People''s Hospital, Kashi Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, P.R. China;1. Cardiovascular Department, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia;2. The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia;3. Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, Australia;1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Maizuru Mutual Hospital, Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan;2. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yamato Seiwa Hospital, Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan |