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systemic (peripheral) vascular resistance (SVR, PVR)
(MAP - mean RAP) x 80/CO
MAP: mean arterial pressure
RAP: right atrial pressure
CO: cardiac output
Normal range: 800-1200 dynes/sec/cm-5
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cardiac output
mean systemic arterial pressure (MAP)
right atrial pressure (RAP)
General
resistance
References
Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 28th ed, Ewald &
McKenzie (eds), Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1995, pg 114, 577