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. 2005 Aug 4;3:18. doi: 10.1186/1476-7120-3-18

Table 1.

Distribution of coronary resistance in normal coronary arterial bed.

Large epicardial arteries Medium-sized and small arteries Arterioles Capillaries
Diameter >1000 μm 1000–100 μm. 100–10 μm <10 μm
% of total resistance 5% 15–25% 400–100 μm 50–60% 20%
% length of coronary bed 5–10% 15–25% 60–75%