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Poland had 250 patients with a 95% success rate on the internal jugular vein (IJV). Of that, 43 were balloon procedures, 21 of 1 IJV and 22 where both IJV's were corrected and 18 were deemed best with stents. I don't have my notes on Jordon, they were less. Dr. Zamboni also mentioned a paper publis...

Pepe wrote:Edwuwo,

How many procedures in Poland...Stanford...Jordan ...and Italy?

Thanks in advance.

Don't know, sorry! In the Jordanian study, they examined 20 patients and 20 controls, but it wasn't clear how many people actually had procedures done.

Edw uwo How many people were at the conference? Were there many questions asked? especially about treatment? that might indicate some vascular doctor interest? What were your thoughts about the movement towards treatment for MSers? I think were about a hundred people or so in attendance. Lots of qu...

Thank you, EdW-uwo, for your detailed answers so far! Would you tell us a little bit more about what Drs. Simka and Dake told (about the procedure)? Is Dr. Dake running or starting a study? I _think_ Dr. Simka said that in his practice, first they attempt to do a balloon angioplasty, and if that's ...

jimmylegs wrote:Hi Ed, I am interested in finding out details on the video recording of the meeting, if you are aware of a time frame when the file will be posted?

Don't know, sorry!

MSchick wrote:Glad to see someone else was at this amazing collection of researchers discussing CCSVI.

Likewise! My medical school is only an hour and a half away from Hamilton, so I figured it would definitely be worth the trip. And it was.

>I would like to know, were there any news regarding the buffalo study? >what was dr. Zivadinov talking about? As MSchick mentioned, it sounds like there'll be some exciting news coming out next week. Dr. Zivadinov couldn't say too much because the news is embargoed until the press release is issued...

markus77 wrote:i got this information from a facebook user who attended the conference....

That was me. I'd be happy to answer any other questions about the workshop, if anyone has any..

Interesting material that you might think has something to do with us, but this is helping in a way that does not correlate with CCSVI... The ace inhibitors are potent anti-inflammatory drugs. Angiotensin is pro inflammatory at the cellular level, so blocking it is anti inflammatory. Hi there, I've...