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- Title
Complications in MS patients after CCSVI procedures abroad (Calgary, AB).
- Authors
Burton, Jodie M; Alikhani, Katayoun; Goyal, Mayank; Costello, Fiona; White, Chris; Patry, David; Bell, Robert; Hill, Michael D
- Abstract
The "chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency" or "CCSVI" hypothesis, namely that multiple sclerosis (MS) is caused by abnormalities in the azygous and internal jugular veins with subsequent alterations in venous hemodynamics in the central nervous system, has been a dominant topic in MS care in Canada over the past year. Although there is no methodologically rigorous evidence to support this hypothesis presently, a considerable number of MS patients have undergone endovascular CCSVI procedures. Such procedures include angioplasty or stent placement in jugular and azygous veins. The safety and efficacy of these procedures is unknown, but not without risk.
- Publication
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2011, Vol 38, Issue 5, p741
- ISSN
0317-1671
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1017/s0317167100054123