Truth is in the eye of the beholder. A critical review of the CCSVI hypothesis

C Mayer, U Ziemann - Current Medical Literature, 2011 - search.proquest.com
… in the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), which … cerebrospinal venous
insufficiency’ (CCSVI), an as yet … associated with HLA DRB1*1501 status in multiple sclerosis

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in patients with multiple sclerosis by a Morphological-Hemodynamic-Map software

S Mandolesi, T Niglio, A D'ALESSANDRO… - Acta …, 2014 - sandromandolesi.it
… CCSVI), is strongly associated with MS.CCSVI is characterized by multiple stenosis/obstructions
affecting the … This study provides the hemodynamic basis for a new CCSVI classification. …

Funding CCSVI research is/was a waste of valuable time, money and intellectual energy: no

R Zivadinov… - Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
… , being specifically associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). CCSVI implies a pathological …
hemodynamic criteria (with cutoff of ≥ two positive criteria used for a diagnosis of CCSVI). …

Endovascular treatment of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: a retrospective study

R Alroughani, S Lamdhade… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
… venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has been proposed to be associated with multiple sclerosis
(MS… Our findings shed new criticisms to the proposed CCSVI theory and the applicability of PTA …

“Liberation treatment” for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: the truth will set you free

G Tsivgoulis, S Faissner, K Voumvourakis… - Brain and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has … may be causally implicated in
multiple sclerosis (MS) pathogenesis. … indicated that CCSVI was independently associated with a …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency procedure use among older people with multiple sclerosis: a national case–control study

M Ploughman, OJ Manning, S Beaulieu… - BMC Health Services …, 2015 - Springer
… (CCSVI) and the purported curative potential of venoplasty, (coined the ‘liberation’ procedure)
Canadians living with multiple sclerosis (MS) … To determine the factors associated with …

Magnetic Resonance Venography in Detection of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency in Egyptian Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

MS El-Tamawy, AS Saeed… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2014 - search.ebscohost.com
… role of CCSVI in multiple sclerosis, to detect if there is relation between CCSVI and clinical
… The other variable associated with CCSVI was clinical charateristics of patient. In this study …

[PDF][PDF] Multiple sclerosis and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency: the neuroimaging perspective

M Filippi, MA Rocca, F Barkhof… - AJNR: American …, 2011 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
… angiography at 3T to test the CCSVI theory in 21 patients with … Abnormalities of blood flow
patterns due to CCSVI have … reportedly have not been associated with CCSVI. Although the …

Study of the chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency in a population of young people with multiple sclerosis by hemodynamic morphological map

FL Ciciarello, S Mandolesi, F Fedele, L Agati… - EUROPEAN …, 2011 - iris.uniroma1.it
… , who associated CCSVI with MS.The aim of our study is to analyze the presence of CCSVI in
… Results: our data show a statistically significant of CCSVI within G1 and G2(G1:pos 75,5%, …

[HTML][HTML] Extracranial veins in multiple sclerosis: is there a role for vascular surgery?

P Zamboni, R Zivadinov - … Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2018 - ejves.com
… chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). …
at ECD screening for CCSVI. The high prevalence at ultrasound of associated CCSVI in MS …