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Perhaps the port could be used to access my right internal jugular, but if a wire was put in my port, it would exit the catheter into my right atrium and it would have to turn right back and trace along the catheter in my left subclavian to reach the base of my left internal jugular. The port can b...

Does this eliminate me as a candidate for a venogram or just make me more challenging? My close friend has a port and she required a venogram (for another reason) which made it easier as they just went directly through the port instead of threading it up through the leg. Perhaps the port could be u...

Hello Dr Sclafani. You can't imagine how much I appreciate you entertaining questions from this forum. I have an appt scheduled for you in May (but am rebooking for July/Aug for some personal reasons). My question for you is this: I have a portacath (Power Port) that was implanted for chemotherapy a...

Hi All, Newbie here, (lurking for a while ;) but very excited with all of the new info on CCSVI. Just got off the phone with the MR Dept at False Creek Surgical Centre in Vancouver BC Canada and they will do the MR imaging of veins of the head and neck (with the serum creatinine blood work for the ...

Hi Daisy. I am very sorry to hear this news about your husband. From the literature I've read, they are saying the risk of AML from Novantrone is 1/400 or 0.25% or 2.5/1000. I agree that this is somehow being underplayed or overlooked but I did find that info readily online at http://www.rxlist.com/...