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The resistance vessels play a major role in the pathogenesis of hypertension, for by definition it is they that are responsible for the increased peripheral resistance and thus the increased blood pressure. However, it is still much debated how much the increased resistance is due to altered function or structure of the resistance vessels, and how much to increased levels of activation. The aim of this paper is twofold: first, to review briefly some of the abnormalities of resistance vessels in hypertension, and, second, to discuss the cellular basis for these abnormalities and how this may account for the difficulties in normalising resistance vessel properties with antihypertensive treatment.
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Mulvany, M.J. (1991). Structure and Function of Resistance Vessels in Hypertension. In: Bruschi, G., Borghetti, A. (eds) Cellular Aspects of Hypertension. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00983-3_1
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