title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ciancio
authors.forename: Tomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Salerno
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*