See Also: vertebral-basilar artery disease(medicine)
Svedberg of flotation(medicine)
vertebral-basilar system(medicine)
BASILAR artery(medicine)
vertebral artery(medicine)
artery, vertebral(medicine)
Artery, vertebral(health)
sulcus for vertebral artery(medicine)
triangle of vertebral artery(medicine)
groove for vertebral artery(medicine)

vertebral-basilar artery disease (medicine) and Svedberg of flotation (medicine)


vertebral-basilar artery disease (medicine)


vertebral-basilar artery disease
<cardiology> Aortic arch syndrome, also referred to by many as vertebral-basilar artery disease, carotid artery occlusive syndrome and subclavian steal syndrome is characterised by a constellation of signs and symptoms which occur secondary to abnormalities in the major arteries which extend off of the aortic arch.

These abnormalities are structural and most often secondary to the effects of atherosclerosis, blood clots, trauma or a congenital abnormality. Symptoms of this condition include various neurologic symptoms, reduction in pulse and changes in blood pressure.


Svedberg of flotation (medicine)


Svedberg of flotation -->
flotation constant
Characteristic sedimentation behaviour of a lipoprotein fraction of plasma in a centrifugal field in a medium of appropriate density, achieved by adding a salt or D2O to the plasma.

Synonym: negative S, Svedberg of flotation.