title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 760 Tinsley Harrison Towers, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. jkirklin@uab.edu
authors.forename: James K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kirklin
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male