title: Response to letter to the editor: If watching were enough, the cats would be butchered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Diyarbakir Military Medical Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey. Electronic address: mrttvls@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tavlasoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medicana International Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Baris
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Durukan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's National Heart Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurkluoglu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*