title: Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Association Between Surgical Indications, Operative Risk, and Clinical Outcome in Infective Endocarditis: A Prospective Study From the International Collaboration on Endocarditis".
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: Vivian H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: Lawrence P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Barwon Health and Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Athan
authors.affiliation: Hospital Louis Pradel, Lyon-Bron, France.
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delahaye
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Brno, Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Freiberger
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, and Unigranrio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cristiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lamas
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clinic - IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Miro
authors.affiliation: OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians, Columbus, OH.
authors.forename: Daniel W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Mudrick
authors.affiliation: Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strahilevitz
authors.affiliation: University Hospital, Amiens, FranceINSERM U-1088, University of Picardie, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tribouilloy
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, University of Naples SUN, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Durante-Mangoni
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clinic - IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pericas
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fernández-Hidalgo
authors.affiliation: Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nacinovich
authors.affiliation: Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hussien
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rizk
authors.affiliation: University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krajinovic
authors.affiliation: Attikon University General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Efthymia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giannitsioti
authors.affiliation: Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hurley
authors.affiliation: Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hannan
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D004696:Endocarditis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male