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.

Descriptor ID	D014715
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.300.150.956 C14.907.253.092.956 C14.907.253.956
Concept/Terms	Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency Insufficiencies, Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency, Vertebrobasilar Vertebrobasilar Insufficiencies Vertebro-Basilar Ischemia Ischemia, Vertebro-Basilar Ischemias, Vertebro-Basilar Vertebro Basilar Ischemia Vertebro-Basilar Ischemias Vertebrobasilar Ischemia Ischemia, Vertebrobasilar Ischemias, Vertebrobasilar Vertebrobasilar Ischemias Vertebro-Basilar Insufficiency Insufficiencies, Vertebro-Basilar Insufficiency, Vertebro-Basilar Vertebro Basilar Insufficiency Vertebro-Basilar Insufficiencies Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Dolichoectasia, Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasias, Vertebrobasilar Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasias Vertebral Artery Insufficiency Vertebral Artery Insufficiency Artery Insufficiencies, Vertebral Artery Insufficiency, Vertebral Insufficiencies, Vertebral Artery Insufficiency, Vertebral Artery Vertebral Artery Insufficiencies Vertebral Artery Ischemia Artery Ischemia, Vertebral Artery Ischemias, Vertebral Ischemia, Vertebral Artery Ischemias, Vertebral Artery Vertebral Artery Ischemias Vertebral Artery Stenosis Vertebral Artery Stenosis Artery Stenoses, Vertebral Artery Stenosis, Vertebral Stenoses, Vertebral Artery Stenosis, Vertebral Artery Vertebral Artery Stenoses Basilar Artery Insufficiency Basilar Artery Insufficiency Artery Insufficiencies, Basilar Artery Insufficiency, Basilar Basilar Artery Insufficiencies Insufficiencies, Basilar Artery Insufficiency, Basilar Artery Basilar Insufficiency Basilar Insufficiencies Insufficiencies, Basilar Insufficiency, Basilar Basilar Artery Ischemia Artery Ischemia, Basilar Artery Ischemias, Basilar Basilar Artery Ischemias Ischemia, Basilar Artery Ischemias, Basilar Artery Basilar Artery Stenosis Basilar Artery Stenosis Artery Stenoses, Basilar Artery Stenosis, Basilar Basilar Artery Stenoses Stenoses, Basilar Artery Stenosis, Basilar Artery

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