title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA. lberrizbeitia@partners.org
authors.forename: Luis D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Berrizbeitia
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*