Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency in Multiple Sclerosis: A Failed Concept.

Author: Nathan KUGLER ¹ ; Parag J PATEL ; Cheong Jun LEE
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1. Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. cjlee@mcw.edu
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency; Multiple sclerosis; Liberation procedure
MeSH: Angioplasty; Hyperemia; Multiple Sclerosis*; Stents; Veins; Venous Insufficiency*
From:Vascular Specialist International 2015;31(1):11-14
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: In 2009 Paolo Zamboni et al. implicated that chronic cerebral venous congestion lead to the development of multiple sclerosis. In this review, we examined the role of chronic cerbrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis and the proposed therapy entailing venous angioplasty and stenting of extracranial veins with available evidence to date.