title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, PO Box 2986, Durham, NC 27710, USA. robert.jones@duke.edu
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*