pseudocoarctation

pseudocoarctation /pseu·do·co·arc·ta·tion/ (-ko?ahrk-ta´shun) a condition radiographically resembling coarctation but without compromise of the lumen, as occurs in a congenital anomaly of the aortic arch.

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pseu·do·co·arc·ta·tion (sd-kärk-tshn)

n.

Distortion, often with slight narrowing, of the aortic arch at the level of insertion of the arterial ligament.

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pseudocoarctation

a condition radiographically resembling coarctation but without compromise of the lumen, as occurs in a congenital anomaly of the aortic arch.