If a person has hypertension and develops artheioscierosis which has increased peripheral resistance to blood?

June 10th, 2008 | by Pressurized |
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flow, this worsens his hypertension. What type of feeback loop is this and why.

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  1. 2 Responses to “If a person has hypertension and develops artheioscierosis which has increased peripheral resistance to blood?”

  2. By minidoc on Jun 10, 2008 | Reply

    It is a positive feedback loop as one gets worse the end result increases and increase and continues to magnify the problem according to your model.

  3. By girlygirl on Jun 13, 2008 | Reply

    atherosclerosis is plaque build up in the heart vessels and can cause an increase in pressure in the vessels and a decrease in blood flow. since hypertension is high blood pressure it is bad to cause an increase in pressure due to other mechanisms.

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