title: Reply: To PMID 25661581.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, KU Leuven, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Willem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Flameng
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, KU Leuven, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: bart.meuris@uzleuven.be.
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meuris
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*