double-barreled aorta
double-barreled aorta
An aorta with a second vascular lumen formed in the media of the aortic wall, which connects the proximal and distal intimal tears in an aorta with a dissecting aneurysm. Cf Double aorta.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.