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Left panel arteriolar vasodilation increases the opening pressure of the microcirculation as result of a decrease in pressure drop prior to the microvascular compartment. Right panel combined arteriolar and venular increment of vascular tone reduces the net driving pressure over the microvascular compartment (from [17] by permission)
