Article
[Role of microcirculation in hypertension].
Annales de cardiologie et d'angeiologie - 1 Nov 1999
Vicaut E
Abstract excerpt
A large share of the pressure gradient in the vascular system is situated in the microcirculation. Most of the mechanisms resulting in an increase of peripheral resistances during hypertension are also located in this network. Experimental studies have shown that the functional characteristics of arterioles are profoundly modified in most hypertension models. The sensitivity to vasoconstrictor agonists is...
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