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SIR foundation sets CCSVI research priorities

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:03 pm
by MSUK
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Evaluating patients with multiple sclerosis who have narrowed jugular and azygos veins-and the value of widening those veins with angioplasty-warrants careful, well-designed research, noted members of a Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation's Research Consensus Panel.

And, the multidisciplinary panel indicated that while specific parameters for a large-scale, pivotal multicenter trial are not now available, that type of study is the "mandatory goal" in exploring a condition called chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (or CCSVI). ... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/2944