"It is with great pleasure that I invite you to the 1st ISNVD Annual Meeting in Bologna, Italy. The meeting was designed to give strong support to the practical knowledge and diagnosis of chronic cerebral spinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) on one hand, and to provide a strong rationale demonstrating that many neurodegenerative diseases exhibit often neglected vascular mechanisms. Finally, data and guidelines will be presented for those wishing to address the experience of endovascular treatment of CCSVI in the safest way for the patient, contributing to the improvement of knowledge through outcome measures and design of observational and/or randomized studies. More specifically, Sunday, March 13, 2011 will be dedicated to Duplex in CCSVI. There will be a consensus meeting, in the historical Trotti Mosti Palace in Ferrara, on Practical Guidelines for the investigation and screening of CCSVI.

This is an ISNVD initiative in cooperation with leading International Scientific Societies that deal with diagnostic tests on the venous system, such as the European Venous Forum, the International Union of Phlebology, the International Union of Angiology, the American College of Phlebolgy, Austral-Asian College of Phlebology, the Italian Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and the Italian Society of Pathology of the Vascular Apparatus. This conference was necessary to try to standardize the methods of investigation and reporting of examinations. The conference will also allow access to the diagnostic criteria as well as on shared standards for scientific reports."

Paolo Zamboni, MD

ISNVD Meeting Programme:

http://www.isnvd.org/files/ISNVD-Programma%20definitivo.pdf