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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 29.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2013 Jun 20;75(6):537–544. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31829a0ae3

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Anxiety has multiple effects on resistance vessels. There is a negative relationship with verapamil responses suggesting impaired vascular smooth muscle (VSM) function in anxiety. This effect probably accounts for the substantial inverse association between anxiety and acetylcholine mediated resistance vessel dilatation. β = standardized betas on linear regression analysis.