Reply Early Surgery for Mixed Aortic  Valve Disease: A Precocious or Premature Proposition?

We thank Dr. Cremer and colleagues for their letter  regarding our recent paper about the outcomes in patients with moderate mixed aortic valve disease (MAVD)(1). We agree with Cremer and colleagues that we cannot make strong recommendations based on a single-center retrospective study, and we clearly highlighted this limitation in the paper. Let us address the concerns raised in their letter.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 18, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research