Imaging of the Coronary Arteries: Normal Dimensions and Measurements

Haroun El-Addouli; Luca Saba; Niels R. Van der Werf; Ricardo P.J. Budde; Riccardo Cau; Richard A.P. Takx; Rodrigo Salgado

doi:10.1007/174_2024_503

Imaging of the Coronary Arteries: Normal Dimensions and Measurements

Haroun El-Addouli
, Luca Saba
, Niels R. Van der Werf
, Ricardo P.J. Budde
, Riccardo Cau
, Richard A.P. Takx
, Rodrigo Salgado^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Radiology & Nuclear Medicine

University Hospital of Cagliari
Amsterdam UMC
Antwerp University Hospital
University of Antwerp
Holy Heart Hospital

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Abstract

The coronary artery diameter is influenced by gender, age, anatomic variation, and certain physiological and pathological processes (Yang et al. 2006; Zhou et al. 2017). Tables 1 and 2 summarizes the average coronary diameters for coronary segments in a healthy population measured with coronary angiography (Dodge et al. 2018). Several papers state a good correlation of coronary lumen diameter measurements of CT and coronary arteriography, especially for the proximal and midsegments (Sinha et al. 2006). Therefore, the coronary diameters mentioned can be used interchangeably between these imaging techniques. Because of the caliber of the IVUS probe, measurements can only be obtained in the proximal and midsegments of the coronary arteries, and diameter measurements may be influenced due to vasospasm related to vessel manipulation (Dickerson et al. 2010).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Measurements in Cardiopulmonary Imaging
Subtitle of host publication	When, How, Why
Editors	Benoît Ghaye, Catherine Beigelman-Aubry, Rodrigo Salgado
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Pages	437-462
Number of pages	26
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-81074-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-81073-3, 978-3-030-81076-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2024_503
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - Feb 2026

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Series	Medical radiology
Volume	Part F1496
ISSN	0942-5373

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El-Addouli, H., Saba, L., Van der Werf, N. R., Budde, R. P. J., Cau, R., Takx, R. A. P., & Salgado, R. (2026). Imaging of the Coronary Arteries: Normal Dimensions and Measurements. In B. Ghaye, C. Beigelman-Aubry, & R. Salgado (Eds.), Measurements in Cardiopulmonary Imaging: When, How, Why (1 ed., pp. 437-462). Springer Science+Business Media. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2024_503

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