Reply to Turtiainen and Hakala.

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden b Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden c Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden d Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland Reykjavik, Reykjavik, Iceland

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