title: The authors reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany Department of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Julia Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schön
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saugel
mesh_terms: D002302:Cardiac Output; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000502:physiology*; D013815:Thermodilution