Use of MR venography for characterization of the extracranial venous system in patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy control subjects

R Zivadinov, A Lopez-Soriano, B Weinstock-Guttman… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To investigate the differences in the extracranial venous system in patients with
multiple sclerosis (MS) and healthy control (HC) subjects by using magnetic resonance (MR) …

Patients with multiple sclerosis with structural venous abnormalities on MR imaging exhibit an abnormal flow distribution of the internal jugular veins

EM Haacke, W Feng, D Utriainen, G Trifan, Z Wu… - Journal of Vascular and …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate extracranial venous structural and flow characteristics in patients
with multiple sclerosis (MS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred subjects with MS …

Jugular venous flow abnormalities in multiple sclerosis patients compared to normal controls

SK Sethi, DT Utriainen, AM Daugherty… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND To determine if extracranial venous structural and flow
abnormalities exist in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS Magnetic resonance …

No association of abnormal cranial venous drainage with multiple sclerosis: a magnetic resonance venography and flow-quantification study

MP Wattjes, BW Van Oosten, WL De Graaf… - Journal of Neurology …, 2011 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background Recent studies using colour-coded Doppler sonography showed that chronic
impaired venous drainage from the central nervous system is almost exclusively found in …

Comparison of MR and contrast venography of the cervical venous system in multiple sclerosis

G Zaharchuk, NJ Fischbein… - American journal …, 2011 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MRV has been proposed as a possible screening method
to identify chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, which may play a role in MS. We …

Intra-and extraluminal structural and functional venous anomalies in multiple sclerosis, as evidenced by 2 noninvasive imaging techniques

K Dolic, K Marr, V Valnarov… - American Journal …, 2012 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) is a
vascular condition characterized by anomalies of the main extracranial cerebrospinal …

Venous drainage in multiple sclerosis: a combined MRI and ultrasound study

F Doepp, JT Würfel, CF Pfueller, JM Valdueza… - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) was proposed as the
causal trigger for developing multiple sclerosis (MS). However, current data are …

Quantitative flow measurements in the internal jugular veins of multiple sclerosis patients using magnetic resonance imaging

W Feng, D Utriainen, G Trifan, S Sethi… - Reviews on recent …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Purpose: To study the blood flow through the internal jugular veins (IJVs) of the MS
population. Materials and Methods: Two hundred MS patients and 14 normal volunteers …

Extracranial venous drainage patterns in patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy controls

RA McTaggart, NJ Fischbein… - American journal …, 2012 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: CCSVI hypothesizes an association between impaired
extracranial venous drainage and MS. Published sonographic criteria for CCSVI are …

Using magnetic resonance imaging as a means to study chronic cerebral spinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis patients

D Utriainen, W Feng, S Elias, Z Latif, D Hubbard… - Techniques in vascular …, 2012 - Elsevier
The goal of this work is to present a broad magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol for
use in the study of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). The CCSVI MRI …