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artery inner diameter +  
artery lumen area  
A measurement of the two-dimensional extent of the enclosed cavity or channel in a cross-section of an artery, one of the large blood vessels carrying blood in a direction away from the heart to the tissues. For an artery with a neointimal lesion, the cross-sectional area of the lesion would be subtracted from the circular vessel area to obtain the artery lumen area.

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: LS ;   lumen size
Xrefs: PMID:10364562
Definition Sources: American_Heritage:The_American_Heritage_Science_Dictionary_2005, Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed, ISBN:978-1416049982, Mosby:Mosbys_Medical_Dictionary--8th_Ed, PMID:10364562

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