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It really is a question. The wonderful Dr Dake has been performing MRV's (as well as dopplers and doing some poking about during the operation), however, reading Zamboni's papers, I read things that in my simple mind, may or may not show up on an MRV or a non-specific CT scan (by that I mean with no catheter injecting dye). I do not know.

From the paper presented at the Charing Cross conference:
OK, I don't know if these are actual abnormalities, or the results / tell tale signs of the abnormalities existing ahhh... you can bold the whole next quote...PS: does anyone have a searchable version of this document? Bueller.... Bueller....

I only know for sure, Dr. Simka told me and also wrote me I should go for a phlebography, it means with catheter+ injecting dye. His colleague asked him if MRV is not OK. He answered clearly no, phlebography is necessary.
Dr. Simka could not see everything with Doppler.
Erika

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Aug. 7, 09 Doppler Ultras. in Poland, left Jugul. valve problem, RRMS since 1996, now SPMS,
- Nov.3,09: one stent in the left jug. vein in Katowice, Poland, LDN, never on DMDs
- Jan. 19, 11: control venography in Katowice - negative but I feel worse

I'm pretty sure Dr Dake told me on the phone he would be doing a venography right before putting the stents in just to make sure. Is a venography like a phlebography?

Rokkit

Yes.

Vein = phleba (φλέβα in greek)

Venography is the latin name, phlebography the greek.

HTH,

sou

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Yes, this is what I know.
I put phlebography/venography, because some people are used to greek some to latin.

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Aug. 7, 09 Doppler Ultras. in Poland, left Jugul. valve problem, RRMS since 1996, now SPMS,
- Nov.3,09: one stent in the left jug. vein in Katowice, Poland, LDN, never on DMDs
- Jan. 19, 11: control venography in Katowice - negative but I feel worse

Out of the operating room there are two ways to look and see. One is MRV and it uses gadolinium. It is operator dependant and subject to some variance because of that.

The CT Venography is where iodine is injected via IV into a vein and as you say it is kind of non specific.

IN THE OPERATING ROOM when they can place an intravenous catheter deep into the exact location where the occlusion is, they can inject a concentrated bit of iodine dye right where they want to look and then take a real time moving picture with a flouroscope which is in the OR. It is kind of like an x ray but it is in real time. These are the best, clearest pictures.

In Island Girl's case they did not see stenosis on MRV but did see an anomaly on the brachiocephalic. Dr Dake suggested they go ahead and do the venograms in the OR so he could get a really good look they could count on. They did so, then again reaffirmed the anomaly on the brachiocephalic but no obvious stenosis as had been seen in other MS patients.

SO the venogram is the gold standard, done in the OR with a fluoroscope --not a cat scan-- and iodine dye via a catheter that is deep in the vein.

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