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. 2000 Jul;84(1):64. doi: 10.1136/heart.84.1.64

Formula and nomogram for the sphygmomanometric calculation of the mean arterial pressure

E MEANEY 1, F ALVA 1, R MOGUEL 1, A MEANEY 1, J ALVA 1, R WEBEL 1
PMCID: PMC1729401  PMID: 10862592

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Figure 1  .

Figure 1  

Scatter plot of mean arterial pressure (MAP) obtained by electronic damping (y axes) versus MAP obtained with 0.333 (graph A) and 0.412 (graph B) as multipliers (x axes). +, male; o, female.

Figure 2  .

Figure 2  

Nomogram for the sphygmomanometric estimation of the mean arterial pressure (MAP). SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.

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