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“Central arterial blood pressure” is the term commonly used to describe blood pressure in the ascending aorta, on leaving the left ventricle.
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Salvi, P. (2017). Central Blood Pressure: Part 1, Pathophysiology. In: Pulse Waves. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40501-8_4
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