TPR and mean systemic pressure

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in fa cardiovascular function curve table : change in tpr do not change mean systemic pressure>?it is confusing is mean systemic pressure= blood pressure? and how tpr has no effect? please i need an explanation

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Mean arterial pressure (MAP) = 2/3 (diastolic BP) + 1/3 (systolic BP)
Also, MAP = CO x TPR

Therefore, CO x TPR = 2/3 (diastolic BP) + 1/3 (systolic BP).

So TPR increases MAP because it increases both diastolic and systolic BP. A change in TPR that doesn't change the same direction as blood pressure would likely be because another variable of BP such as intravascular volume was changed (e.g. hypovolemia --> low BP --> compensatory increased TPR).
 
thank your for your explanation so the conclusion that mean systemic pressure will not change in vascular function curve if we change the tpr bcz msp has many factor ?
 
thank your for your explanation so the conclusion that mean systemic pressure will not change in vascular function curve if we change the tpr bcz msp has many factor ?

Sorry, I misunderstood what you were referring to in your original question. You're talking about the x-intercept of the vascular function curve...yeah, apparently the concept of "venous resistance" wasn't supposed to necessarily be the same as TPR, so there's a little bit of controversy about the whole thing. See http://www.pathwaymedicine.org/vascular-function-curve

I'd just memorize that FA says TPR changes the slope, memorize what factors do that, and leave it at that.
 
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