title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Louisville, 201 Abraham Flexner Way, Ste 1200, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. mark.slaughter@louisville.edu
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Slaughter
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male