title: Foreword.
authors.forename: Shahbudin H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Rahimtoola
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left