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Term:
blood vessel wall thickness to blood vessel inner diameter ratio
A calculated measurement in which the ratio of the wall thickness (WT) of a blood vessel is divided by the inner diameter (ID) of that vessel at that location, and the result presented as a ratio, fraction, quotient or percentage, for example, WT/ID x 100. This measurement is often used to assess stenosis, a pathological narrowing of a blood vessel.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
blood vessel wall thickness as percentage of blood vessel lumen diameter
related_synonym:
blood vessel stenosis measurement; blood vessel wall thickness as percentage of blood vessel inner diameter