Venous hemodynamics in neurological disorders: an analytical review with hydrodynamic analysis

CB Beggs - BMC medicine, 2013 - Springer
Venous abnormalities contribute to the pathophysiology of several neurological conditions.
This paper reviews the literature regarding venous abnormalities in multiple sclerosis (MS) …

Potential involvement of the extracranial venous system in central nervous system disorders and aging

R Zivadinov, CP Chung - BMC medicine, 2013 - Springer
Background The role of the extracranial venous system in the pathology of central nervous
system (CNS) disorders and aging is largely unknown. It is acknowledged that the …

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations for multimodal noninvasive and invasive screening for detection of extracranial venous abnormalities indicative of chronic cerebrospinal …

R Zivadinov, S Bastianello, MD Dake, H Ferral… - Journal of Vascular and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Under the auspices of the International Society for Neurovascular Disease (ISNVD), four
expert panel committees were created from the ISNVD membership between 2011 and …

What went wrong? The flawed concept of cerebrospinal venous insufficiency

JM Valdueza, F Doepp, SJ Schreiber… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
In 2006, Zamboni reintroduced the concept that chronic impaired venous outflow of the
central nervous system is associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), coining the term of chronic …

Prospective randomized trial of venous angioplasty in MS (PREMiSe)

AH Siddiqui, R Zivadinov, RHB Benedict, Y Karmon… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: We report the results of the investigation of safety and efficacy of venous
angioplasty in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) with findings of extracranial venous …

The role of noninvasive and invasive diagnostic imaging techniques for detection of extra-cranial venous system anomalies and developmental variants

K Dolic, AH Siddiqui, Y Karmon, K Marr, R Zivadinov - BMC medicine, 2013 - Springer
The extra-cranial venous system is complex and not well studied in comparison to the
peripheral venous system. A newly proposed vascular condition, named chronic …

Changes of cine cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in patients with multiple sclerosis treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty: a case-control study

R Zivadinov, C Magnano, R Galeotti, C Schirda… - Journal of Vascular and …, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To investigate characteristics of cine phase contrast-calculated cerebrospinal
fluid (CSF) flow and velocity measures in patients with relapsing-remitting (RR) multiple …

Observational case-control study of the prevalence of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: results from the CoSMo study

G Comi, MA Battaglia, A Bertolotto… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has been proposed as a
possible cause of multiple sclerosis (MS). Objectives: The CoSMo study evaluated the …

Characteristics of flow through the internal jugular veins at cervical C2/C3 and C5/C6 levels for multiple sclerosis patients using MR phase contrast imaging

W Feng, D Utriainen, G Trifan, S Elias, S Sethi… - Neurological …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To study blood flow characteristics through the internal jugular veins (IJVs) at the
cervical levels C2/C3 and C5/C6 in the neck of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Methods …

CCSVI and MS: a statement from the European Society of neurosonology and cerebral hemodynamics

C Baracchini, JM Valdueza, M Del Sette, G Baltgaile… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
To systematically review the ultrasonographic criteria proposed for the diagnosis of chronic
cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). The authors analyzed the five ultrasonographic …