Abstract:High-risk cardiac surgery in patients with intravenous drug abuse and/or active hepatitis C/HIV infection. An ethical discussion of 6 cases," 1 we would like to thank the colleagues who made contributions and thoughtful comments, which are of clinical relevance as they report their own experiences. All comments are helpful for serious discussions and decision making in such borderline cases and they gave us inspiration for a general reply.
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