calculated heart rate measurement rate-pressure product 2019-01-02T13:36:28Z clinical_measurement_ontology RPP VT:2000009 PMID:27671317 CMO:0002994 sjwang Rate-pressure product is defined as the product of the heart rate (the number of contractions of the cardiac ventricles per unit of time) (beats per minute) and mean arterial blood pressure (the average force the blood exerts on an artery wall) (mm Hg).