A patient has a right atrial pressure of 5 mmHg and a peak velocity across their tricuspid valve during systole of 2.2 m/s via echocardiography. What is the estimated systolic pressure in the right ventricle??

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A patient has a right atrial pressure of 5 mmHg and a peak velocity across their tricuspid valve during systole of 2.2 m/s via echocardiography. What is the estimated systolic pressure in the right ventricle?? 

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