Blood Pressure, Dr. D. Penney
Calculation of Compliance
Recall: Compliance = Change in Vol. / Change in Press.
- For Aorta:
- 3 ml / 300 mmHg = .01 ml / mmHg
- or E = 1 / .01 = 100
- For Vena Cava (1):
- 2 ml / 8 mmHg = .25 ml / mmHg
- or E = 1 / .25 = 4
- For vena Cava (2):
- .75 ml / 16 = .047 ml / mmHg
- or E = 1 / .047 = 21.3
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