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Intact dogs (preclinical model for vascular mechanics)
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Vessel adaptations in canine models warrant mechanistic hypertension research; leaves open human translation and clinical relevance.
Understanding the physical factors that determine vascular tone, such as stiffness and geometry, is key to understanding the etiology and development of hypertension.
Lysle H. Peterson (1966) studied this question.
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