Table 2.

Steering committee of the ACURE study.

Center	Province/city	Principal investigator/coordinator
Peking University Third University	Beijing	Yahong Chen, MD
Chinese PLA General Hospital	Beijing	Junchang Cui, MD
Peking Union Medical College Hospital	Beijing	Jinglan Wang, MD
Beijing Hospital	Beijing	Chun Pu, MSc
The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University	Hebei	Xixin Yan, MD
The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University	Chongqing	Shuliang Guo, MD
West China Hospital Sichuan University	Sichuan	He Yu, MSc
Changhai Hospital	Shanghai	Yuchao Dong, MD
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University	Chongqing	Daoxin Wang, MD
The First Hospital of China Medical University	Liaoning	Hongwen Zhao, MD
General Hospital of East China	Jiangsu	Xiaoyong Xu, MD
China-Japan Friendship Hospital	Beijing	Ting Yang, MD

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