RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Rabbit, rabbit. Some of you may have said that first thing this morning. And for those still slowly rising - get to it, it could bring you good luck all month long. Saying rabbit, rabbit on the first of the month is supposed to be a harbinger of good fortune.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The mean arterial pressure (MAP) is a term used in medicine to describe an average blood pressure in an individual. It is defined as the average arterial pressure during a single cardiac cycle.
No it is not an arbitrary term. When someone simply uses the term pulmonary artery pressure they are usually referring to mean pulmonary artery pressure as it relates to pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary artery wedge pressure reflects left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP).