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Calculated wall shear stress along the lateral side of the vertebrobasilar system shown in Fig 1. The variable S is the distance measured along the outside wall, which includes the vertebral artery to be occluded. Shear stress is shown for symmetric inflow (solid line) and for simulated occlusion of the ipsilateral vertebral artery (dotted line).
