title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, 171 76 Sweden. andfra@mbox.ki.se
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franco-Cereceda
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016019:Survival Analysis; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology