1. Department of Medicine; Mackay Medical College; New Taipei City Taiwan
2. Division of Cardiology; Department of Internal Medicine; MacKay Memorial Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
3. Division of Nephrology; Department of Internal Medicine; MacKay Memorial Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
4. Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management; Taipei City Taiwan
5. Division of Cardiology; Department of Internal Medicine; Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital; Hsinchu City Taiwan
6. Institute of Clinical Medicine; National Yang-Ming University; Taipei Taiwan
7. Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering; Arizona State University; Tempe AZ USA