CCSVI
…. a New Approach to Treating Multiple Sclerosis
CCSVI
is Chronic CerebroSpinal Venous Insufficiency
► Sufficient
amounts of blood are not getting back to the heart through certain veins
► In a high percentage of MS patients it has been found that the internal
jugular veins in the neck and/or the azygos vein in the chest:
•
Are
found to be malformed in some way
•
Are
not affected by cholesterol as arteries may be, but rather they are narrowed,
twisted or kinked, with some blocked entirely
•
These abnormalities cause from very slow to no flow, or an actual refluxing of
blood back to the brain and/or spinal cord
► Refluxed blood carries and deposits excess iron in the brain and spinal cord
Is CCSVI New?
No . .
. There is much history and experience
► There have been close to 150 years of research that points to the direction
that MS is a vascular disease
► Professor Paolo Zamboni of Ferra, Italy, brought all of this research
together with today’s technologies
► Over 10,000 procedures, known as the “Liberation Treatment”, have been
performed worldwide in patients with MS over the past few years
► Many patients and studies have reported that this showed the benefits of
stopping the disease, as well as symptom relief in many
► Since this breakthrough, there are many researchers, doctors and studies
opening their doors to MS patients
How can
I get tested ?
Magnetic Resonance Venography (MRV)
► Most patients are tested using an MRV, done in an MRI machine with contrast
► Instead of looking for lesions in the brain, it is used to show the veins in
the neck & upper chest
Treatment
By Interventional Radiologists
► Similar
conditions have been corrected in many parts of the body for about 30 years,
using angioplasty
► A hollow catheter is threaded up through the veins from the groin
► When in place a small balloon can be inserted into the problem area of the
vein and inflated, allowing blood flow in a more normal pattern
► Stents may be used in some cases