Reply to Formica et al

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Comment

Philipp Angleitner et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022.

. 2022 Jun 15;62(1):ezac336.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac336.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

No abstract available

Keywords: Biological valve prosthesis; Infective endocarditis; Mechanical valve prosthesis.

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