English to Russian Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals

In vitro studies to assess potential effects on contractility of coronary and subcutaneous
resistance arteries

Essential hypertension is characterized by increased peripheral vascular resistance to blood flow. This resistance results mostly from energy dissipation in small arteries and arterioles. Small decreases in the lumen of these arteries significantly increase resistance. Resistance arteries may play an important role in the development, and may contribute to the complications, of hypertension.