Vital signs and measures
MAP
mean arterial pressure
An average arterial pressure across the cardiac cycle, weighted toward diastole because the heart spends more of each cycle relaxed than contracting.
How it gets tested
At entrance level, the expansion only; the calculation belongs to later coursework.
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