title: Invited Commentary.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr, MC 7841, San Antonio, TX78229. Electronic address: carpentera2@uthscsa.edu.
authors.forename: Andrea J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000601:surgery*