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Localized or diffuse reduction in blood flow through the vertebrobasilar arterial system, which supplies the BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; OCCIPITAL LOBE; medial TEMPORAL LOBE; and THALAMUS. Characteristic clinical features include SYNCOPE; lightheadedness; visual disturbances; and VERTIGO. BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS or other BRAIN INFARCTION may be associated.
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- Vertebro-Basilar Insufficiency
- Vertebro-Basilar Ischemia
- Vertebrobasilar Ischemia
- Insufficiencies, Vertebro-Basilar
- Insufficiencies, Vertebrobasilar
- Insufficiency, Vertebro-Basilar
- Insufficiency, Vertebrobasilar
- Ischemia, Vertebro-Basilar
- Ischemia, Vertebrobasilar
- Ischemias, Vertebro-Basilar
- Ischemias, Vertebrobasilar
- Vertebro Basilar Insufficiency
- Vertebro Basilar Ischemia
- Vertebro-Basilar Insufficiencies
- Vertebro-Basilar Ischemias
- Vertebrobasilar Insufficiencies
- Vertebrobasilar Ischemias
- Basilar Artery Insufficiency
- Basilar Artery Ischemia
- Basilar Artery Stenosis
- Basilar Insufficiency
- Vertebral Artery Insufficiency
- Vertebral Artery Ischemia
- Vertebral Artery Stenosis
- Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia
- Artery Insufficiencies, Basilar
- Artery Insufficiencies, Vertebral
- Artery Insufficiency, Basilar
- Artery Insufficiency, Vertebral
- Artery Ischemia, Basilar
- Artery Ischemia, Vertebral
- Artery Ischemias, Basilar
- Artery Ischemias, Vertebral
- Artery Stenoses, Basilar
- Artery Stenoses, Vertebral
- Artery Stenosis, Basilar
- Artery Stenosis, Vertebral
- Basilar Artery Insufficiencies
- Basilar Artery Ischemias
- Basilar Artery Stenoses
- Basilar Insufficiencies
- Dolichoectasia, Vertebrobasilar
- Dolichoectasias, Vertebrobasilar
- Insufficiencies, Basilar
- Insufficiencies, Basilar Artery
- Insufficiencies, Vertebral Artery
- Insufficiency, Basilar
- Insufficiency, Basilar Artery
- Insufficiency, Vertebral Artery
- Ischemia, Basilar Artery
- Ischemia, Vertebral Artery
- Ischemias, Basilar Artery
- Ischemias, Vertebral Artery
- Stenoses, Basilar Artery
- Stenoses, Vertebral Artery
- Stenosis, Basilar Artery
- Stenosis, Vertebral Artery
- Vertebral Artery Insufficiencies
- Vertebral Artery Ischemias
- Vertebral Artery Stenoses
- Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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BRACHIAL-BASILAR INSUFFICIENCY SYNDROME see SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME is available
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1980
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- Basilar Artery (1966-1979)
- Cerebrovascular Disorders (1966-1979)
- Vertebral Artery (1966-1979)
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- National Library of Medicine. Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014715. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014715
- Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebrobasilar_insufficiency
- Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11540874