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MeSH Heading: Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.300.150.956; C14.907.253.092.956
Unique ID: D014715
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014715
Annotation: BRACHIAL-BASILAR INSUFFICIENCY SYNDROME see SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME is available
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Basilar Artery Insufficiency; Basilar Artery Ischemia; Basilar Artery Stenosis; Basilar Insufficiency; Vertebral Artery Insufficiency; Vertebral Artery Ischemia; Vertebral Artery Stenosis; Vertebro-Basilar Insufficiency; Vertebro-Basilar Ischemia; Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia; Vertebrobasilar Ischemia
NLM Classification #: WL 356
Previous Indexing: Basilar Artery (1966-1979); Cerebrovascular Disorders (1966-1979); Vertebral Artery (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 1980
History Note: 1980
Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/04/25
Revision Date: 2015/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0022627
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency Preferred Term
Term UI T043016
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1980); Vertebro-Basilar Insufficiency
Term UI T370882
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Vertebro-Basilar Ischemia
Term UI T370883
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Vertebrobasilar Ischemia
Term UI T370884
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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