title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 21, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: friedrich.eckstein@usb.ch.
authors.forename: Friedrich S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Eckstein
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000401:mortality*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000150:complications*
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