Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency: case–control neurosonography results

AD Barreto, SA Brod, TT Bui, JR Jemelka… - Annals of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has been implicated in the
pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis (MS). We sought to determine whether …

Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency: masked multimodal imaging assessment

SA Brod, LA Kramer, AM Cohen… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) was implicated in the
pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis (MS). Objective: We evaluated neurosonography (NS) …

Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: A sonographer-blinded case-control study

D Imperiale, F Melis, C Giaccone, M Guido… - Clinical Neurology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the presence of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI)
and cerebral venous anomalies in a consecutive series of patients with multiple sclerosis …

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 …

Prevalence, sensitivity, and specificity of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in MS

R Zivadinov, K Marr, G Cutter, M Ramanathan… - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) was recently described in
patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). A subject is considered CCSVI positive if≥ 2 venous …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: a historical perspective

MD Dake, R Zivadinov, EM Haacke - Functional neurology, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) is a term used to describe impaired
venous drainage from the central nervous system (CNS) caused by abnormalities in …

Brain hemodynamic changes associated with chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency are not specific to multiple sclerosis and do not increase its severity

FG Garaci, S Marziali, A Meschini, M Fornari, S Rossi… - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To investigate the relationship between chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
(CCSVI) and cerebral hemodynamic parameters and to disclose any possible involvement …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency is not associated with multiple sclerosis and its severity: a blind-verified study

MA Leone, O Raymkulova, P Naldi, P Lochner… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) has been associated with
multiple sclerosis (MS) with a risk ranging from as high as two-hundred-fold to a protective …

CCSVI deconstructed and discarded

F Barkhof, MP Wattjes - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2013 - nature.com
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has been proposed as a cause of
multiple sclerosis (MS). However, two new studies found a very low overall prevalence of …

Validity of the diagnostic criteria for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and association with multiple sclerosis

F Costello, J Modi, D Lautner, D Bhayana, JN Scott… - Cmaj, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
Background: The chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency theory proposes that altered
cerebral venous hemodynamics play a role in the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis. We …