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Hello, Can someone please help me out? Is Dr. Mehta's office and Dr. Sclafani's office the same location? If not, what is Dr. Sclafani's contact information? I really appreciate it! Lavonna i have nothing to do with dr mehta, dont know him or live anywhere near him. This keeps coming up. First i wa...

My wife has some concerns, her main one being - if ballooning is done on a stenosed vein and it has collaterals, we understand the collaterals will wither up. Then suppose a few months later the stenoses re-occurs. Since the collaterals are gone, would this make the blockage even worse than before ...

Specifically, could you please expand on the effects of the reduction of "in flow?" What effects could be/would be felt from a lack of in-flow? Could it be that the in-flow is just as an important piece of the puzzle as blocked drainage? Consider the brain to be like a barrel with two ope...

Specifically, could you please expand on the effects of the reduction of "in flow?" What effects could be/would be felt from a lack of in-flow? Could it be that the in-flow is just as an important piece of the puzzle as blocked drainage? Consider the brain to be like a barrel with two ope...

My question is that my left vein was treated with angio (pathologic valve)(see CCSVI tracking thread as I have pics there) and now it seems that a problem has manifested in my right vein valve (which was not there pre-CCSVI treatment). Can some stenosis can come and go?? Just a guess, but i would b...

My question for you is, now that we are beginning to see after-op problems from balloning the valves. Should folks with pathologic valve problems wait for additional research in this area BEFORE undergoing angioplasty? Another tough question, sort of the same question as "should anyone undergo...

[Do you believe other vascular surgeons and interventional radiologists agree with your opinion (and Dr. Dake's and many others) that jugular and azygos vein stenosis/collateral circulation is damaging to the the brain and spine? Why should we be concerned with CCSVI? Even if CCSVI does not affect M...

I started this thread because i saw some misinformation regarding CCSVI and its treatment being shared by two patients. I felt compelled to set the record straight and this led to an outpouring of expressions of interest and curiosity. I found myself answering questions on many threads and was getti...

When I asked a reputable interventional radiologist in the Montreal area if angioplasty was safe for CCSVI, he was not too reasssuring. He said that if you dilate a vein there is a significant risk of restenosis (which we already know is about 50% in IJV's) but also a risk that the restenosis gets ...

After we get the first wire into the vein through the first needle, we thread a sheath over the wire into the leg vein and then all further manuevers and tool exchanges are done through the sheath. This reduces the wear and tear on the vein from multiple catheter exchanges, etc. So once we identify ...

Perhaps it is not appropriate to write a reply, but now that i have been outed as a physician treating CCSVI, I thought I would read what is discussed and see whether anyone would want to hear from someone on the other side of the catheter. It was clear from reading a few posts that there are great ...