Acta Med. 1998, 41: 27-28
Mean Blood Pressure and Velocity for Calculation of Ventricular Systolic Work
In physiology, the mean arterial pressure is defined as an average pressure during one or several cardiac cycles. When calculus is not used, the mean pressure is approximately calculated as the diastolic pressure plus one third of the pulse pressure. In this article it is demonstrated that, when ventricular systolic work is concerned, the above definition of mean pressure must be replaced by a weighted average during the ejection phase of the systole. This gives a formula, by which a much higher estimate of the mean pressure is obtained.
Keywords
Heart work, Mean pressure, Mean square speed of the blood, Blood flow.
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