Bologna, March 14-15, 2011 Italy

CNR National Research Council of Bologna – via Gobetti 101

Major topics covered:

    * Ultrasound and MR imaging in treatment planning

    * The role of iron in MS and neurodegenerative disease

    * Perfusion deficits and hypoxia and possible relationships to CCSVI

    * New evidence of CCSVI in animal models

    * Related vascular problems: venous embriology, idiopathic intracranial

       hypertension, normotensive   hydrocephalus, carotid surgery in stroke

    * CCSVI treatment: procedure and neurological outcomes

    * Genetic studies

    * Plethysmography

    * Flow dynamics: modeling the cerebral venous system

Growing List of Speakers:

B. Zlokovic (USA)

M. Haacke (USA)

P. Zamboni (Italy)

B. Trapp (USA)

R. Zivadinov (USA)

R. Galeotti (Italy)

G. Gabbiani (Switzerland)

R. De Simone (Italy)

AH Siddiqui (USA)

C. Beggs (UK)

S. Shepherd (UK)

C. Franceschi (France)

A. Ferlini (Italy)

V. Iaccarino (Italy)

F. Florio (Italy)

C. Iadecola (USA)

F. Orzi (Italy)

G. De Simone (Italy)

C. Setacci (Italy)

R. Neville (USA)

A. Stella (Italy)

JB Ricco (France)

GM Biasi (Italy)

F. Mascoli (Italy)

G. Mansueto (Italy)

A. Nicolaides (Greece)

MB Griffin (UK)

D. Neuhardt (USA)

O. Maleti (Italy)

M De Marin (Croatia)

FORMAT

Invited Lectures

Working groups

Short presentations selected from submitted abstracts

Poster Sessions

Satellite courses

// Simultaneous translation for plenary sessions only

// PUBLICATIONS

Abstracts CD.

Full text papers will be published after peer review on Functional Neurology

Prof. Paolo Zamboni, MD

President of ISNVD

Director Vascular Diseases Center

University of Ferrara

E. Mark Haacke and Mark Godley,

Chairmen of the Annual Meetingand Workshop Committee

Organizing secretariat

Organizing secretariat

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