Reply to Li et al

Giulio Massimi^{1

2}, Matteo Matteucci^{1

3}, Daniele Ronco^{1

4}, Roberto Lorusso^{1

5}; CAUTION Study Investigators

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Vascular Centre, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands.
² Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Santa Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy.
³ Cardiac Surgery Unit ASST Sette Laghi Circolo Hospital, Varese, Italy.
⁴ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Department, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Giulio Massimi et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025.

. 2025 Nov 12:ezaf397.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaf397. Online ahead of print.

Giulio Massimi^{1

2}, Matteo Matteucci^{1

3}, Daniele Ronco^{1

4}, Roberto Lorusso^{1

5}; CAUTION Study Investigators

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Vascular Centre, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands.
² Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Santa Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy.
³ Cardiac Surgery Unit ASST Sette Laghi Circolo Hospital, Varese, Italy.
⁴ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Department, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; Concomitant revascularization; Mitral valve surgery; Outcomes; Papillary muscle rupture.

Comment in

The Critical Role of Concomitant Revascularization in Mitral Valve Surgery for Post-Infarction Papillary Muscle Rupture.
Li X, Song S. Li X, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025 Dec 1;67(12):ezaf392. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaf392. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025. PMID: 41217777 No abstract available.