title: Invited commentary.
authors: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Ave, 62-258 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. gbuckberg@mednet.ucla.edu
authors: Gerald D
authors: GD
authors: Buckberg
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D016019:Survival Analysis; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*