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That is what we hope to find out.

I want to reiterate that caution is just a wise thing to do when it comes to repeat treatments. It's easy to say that the number of times a vein can be treated is "limitless", but the reality is that nobody with MS and CCSVI has been treated 8 times or 10 times so we really do not know wha...

In response to this thread, I wanted you to know that this is a presentation we will be making at the SIR meeting in March. TITLE: Safety of outpatient endovascular treatment of the internal jugular and azygos veins for Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) in Multiple Sclerosis: a retr...

I think that restenosis is an issue that almost all patients will have to address at some point. I am personally not convinced that larger balloons will make restenosis less likely so I can't really recommend that you have this repeated with a larger balloon. I know for sure that there are others ou...

Interesting comments. Please know that those of us in Albany treating patients are often treating valves when we perceive valve problems are present. If one practice chooses to call this procedure valve ablation and another chooses to call it angioplasty, please know that for now, we are all talking...

True, but not for a long time. We will not take anyone off of our list and will keep them right where they are now until we get in touch with them and hear ourselves that they are no longer interested in being on our list. Yes, it's a big endeavor but we think it will ultimately be better for everyo...