Venoplasty in MS: Therapeutic intervention without any evidence

F Paul, MP Wattjes - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
CCSVI or venous narrowing in general is associated with MS. … in the MSQOL-54 (Multiple
Sclerosis Quality of Life–54) … in the EDSS and Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite, pain …

[PDF][PDF] New criteria reduce inter-observer vari-ability in chronic cerebrospinal ve-nous insufficiency: A case control study

M Farina, E Novelli, R Pagani - Neuro Open J, 2017 - academia.edu
… how strongly the presence or absence of CCSVI is associated with the presence or absence
of … was significant for the CCSVI diagnosis in Relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) …

[HTML][HTML] Self-Reported Diet and Health Outcomes of Participants of the CCSVI-Tracking Survey Study

P Grace-Farfaglia - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
… to improve our knowledge of multiple sclerosis. This hypothesis … associated with greater
disability and a lower quality of life in an international cohort of individuals with MS and CCSVI

The central vein: FLAIR signal abnormalities associated with developmental venous anomalies in patients with multiple sclerosis

DM Rogers, LM Shah… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
… (CCSVI), given the volume of medical literature and social media attention devoted to it. The
CCSVI … lead to a higher rate of DVA-associated FLAIR hyperintensities in patients with MS …

Efficacy and safety of extracranial vein angioplasty in multiple sclerosis: a randomized clinical trial

P Zamboni, L Tesio, S Galimberti, L Massacesi… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
… (CCSVI) is characterized by restricted venous outflow from the brain and spinal cord. Whether
this condition is associated with multiple sclerosis (MS… with MS and CCSVI is controversial. …

Failure of the vascular hypothesis of multiple sclerosis in a rat model of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency

MMA Zakaria, SY Mikhael, AKA Hussein… - Folia …, 2017 - termedia.pl
… a rat model of CCSVI. Bilateral … CCSVI was not associated with cardinal histopathological
findings of MS. It is therefore recommended that the invasive endovascular treatment of CCSVI

Multiple sclerosis is a systemic venous vasculopathy: a single unifying mechanism

A Kapadia, AA Dmytriw - Medical Hypotheses, 2020 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially debilitating disease … narrowing and dilatation with
associated venous wall and … chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has been …

… angioplasty of internal jugular and azygous veins in patients with chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis: preliminary results for a …

F SIGNORINI - 2017 - etd.adm.unipi.it
… safety of PTA in patients with CCSVI and MS, comparing the … and endovascular treatment for
CCSVI. Primary endpoints are (1) a … (or worsening) associated with the intervention between …

[PDF][PDF] Fig. A, Net cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow was lower in patients with multiple sclerosis and was associated with the number of venous hemodynamic (VH) criteria …

P Neglén, S Raju - academia.edu
associated with lower whole brain volume (Spearman R … Conclusions: CCSVI is associated
with abnormal cerebrospinal … on preliminary efficacy of EVT for CCSVI associated with MS. …

Four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound assessment of cerebrospinal venous flow in multiple sclerosis patients and controls

EM Schrauben, S Kohn, J Macdonald… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
… the CCSVI hypothesis using Doppler US flow assessment based on Zamboni’s CCSVI criteria
… Finally, the artifacts associated with PC-VIPR do not substantially compromise the images. …