PVR = 80 (PAm - LAm / Qp
Where: AOm, RAm, PAm, & LAm are the aortic, right atrial,
pulmonary artery, left atrial mean pressures in mmHg,
Qs & Qp are systemic and pulmonary blood flows in liters/min.
* 80 is factor converting R from mmHg/liter/min to dynes-sec-cm-5
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