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When something blocks blood flow through an artery, the artery RESISTS the blood flow. So the blockage is said to increase the artery's RESISTANCE.

Since the blockage has occurred at the end of the artery -- out in the body's tissues rather than at the heart -- it is called PERIPHERAL RESISTANCE, or PR.
In hospitals, is is often called SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE or SVR.