| IE | Infective endocarditis |
| SAVR | Surgical aortic valve replacement |
| TAVI | Transcatheter aortic valve implantation |
| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| IPTW | Inverse probability of treatment weight |
| IPTWc | Inverse probability of treatment weight cohort |
| ASMD | Absolute standardized mean difference |
| PS | Propensity score |
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