[HTML][HTML] Doppler ultrasound examination of multiple sclerosis patients and control participants: Inter-observer agreement and association with disease

SJ Laukontaus, T Kagayama, M Lepäntalo… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has been proposed as a
major risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this study was to assess inter …

Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency: does ultrasound really distinguish multiple sclerosis subjects from healthy controls?

F Kantarci, S Albayram, NO Demirci, A Esenkaya… - European …, 2012 - Springer
Objectives To investigate the differences between multiple sclerosis (MS) and control
subjects by using extracranial venous grey-scale, colour and spectral Doppler ultrasound …

Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency is not more prevalent in patients with mild multiple sclerosis: a sonographer-blinded, case-control ultrasound study

B Chambers, J Chambers, H Cameron… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: We designed a prospective case-control study of patients with clinically isolated
syndrome (CIS) and Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) with an Expanded …

Centralized and local color doppler ultrasound reading agreement for diagnosis of the chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in patients with multiple sclerosis

MG Caprio, K Marr, S Gandhi… - Current …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: An impaired cerebrospinal venous drainage was postulated to be a cofactor in
the multifactorial pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). Chronic cerebrospinal venous …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence against the involvement of chronic cerebrospinal venous abnormalities in multiple sclerosis. A case-control study

IW Rodger, D Dilar, J Dwyer, J Bienenstock, A Coret… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objective Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease of the CNS.
Recently a controversial vascular hypothesis for MS, termed chronic cerebrospinal venous …

Neck duplex Doppler ultrasound evaluation for assessing chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis patients

M Zaniewski, J Kostecki, W Kuczmik, D Ziaja… - …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Recent clinical studies have suggested a relationship between multiple
sclerosis (MS) and the occurrence of pathological changes in the jugular, vertebral and …

Extracranial venous hemodynamics in multiple sclerosis: a case-control study

G Tsivgoulis, M Mantatzis, C Bogiatzi, K Vadikolias… - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: A chronic state of impaired cerebral and cervical venous drainage, termed
chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), has recently been implicated in the …

Meta-analysis of the correlation between chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis

BA Zwischenberger, MM Beasley… - Vascular and …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To determine whether a correlation exists between chronic cerebrospinal venous
insufficiency (CCSVI) and multiple sclerosis (MS). Materials and Methods: A meta-analysis …

Prevalence of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: a blinded sonographic evaluation

L Tromba, S Blasi, A Vestri, D Kiltzanidi… - …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To verify the prevalence of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in patients
affected by different clinical forms of multiple sclerosis and in healthy subjects using the …

Systematic review of sonographic chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency findings in multiple sclerosis

A Thapar, T Lane, R Nicholas, T Friede, M Ellis… - …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective The sonographic findings of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI)
are used by some as selection criteria for venography. We performed a systematic review to …