By CCSVI Atlanta More reproducible and objective CCSVI assessment is warranted also for planning treatments, in consequence of the inherent variability of the causes leading to restricted venous outflow from the brain. World Congress of Phlebology meets in Boston; CCSVI found worldwide November 11, 2013 at 11:00am The Seventeenth World Congress of the International Union…

Multimodal noninvasive and invasive imaging of extracranial venous abnormalities indicative of CCSVI New paper from PREMiSE study, published in BMC Neurology Journal–CCSVI exists, and it impairs blood outflow from the brain. “In addition, the findings from the 2 invasive techniques confirmed the existence of severe extracranial venous anomalies that significantly impaired normal blood outflow from…

Taking into account the current epidemiological data, including studies on catheter venography, the autoptic findings, and the relationship between CCSVI and both hypoperfusion and cerebrospinal fluid flow, we conclude that CCSVI can be definitively inserted among the medical entities. The controversy on chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency Paolo Zamboni, Erica Menegatti, Savino Occhionorelli, Fabrizio Salvi Submitted:…