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If a patient has a blood pressure of 120/80 (systolic/diastolic), then what is their arterial pressure?

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Dr. Rick Koch answered

Mean arterialpressur: Map = sbp * 0.33 + dbp* 0.67 approximately since 2/3 of time is in diastole but this changes as we age and the heart becomes "stiffer" meaning less time is spent disstole.

Answered 8/21/2012

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