Reply: Relating the indexed effective orifice area and mean transprosthesis gradient to define patient–prosthesis mismatch: Are we sure a relationship exists?

• Abdullah Malik, HBSc,
• Derrick Y. Tam, MD, PhD,
• Stephen E. Fremes, MD, MSc, FRCS, FACP, FACC

Affiliations

Abdullah Malik, HBSc

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Derrick Y. Tam, MD, PhD

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Schulich Heart Centre, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Stephen E. Fremes, MD, MSc, FRCS, FACP, FACC

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Schulich Heart Centre, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada