title: Year in review 2011: Critical Care--Cardiology.
abstract: We review key research papers in cardiology and intensive care published during 2011 in Critical Care and quote related studies published in other journals whenever appropriate. Papers are grouped into the following categories: cardiovascular therapies, mechanical therapies, biomarkers, prognostic markers, hemodynamic monitoring, cardiovascular diseases, microcirculation, hypertension in critically ill patients, and miscellaneous.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Backer
authors.forename: Diego Orbegozo
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Cortés
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans