Press Release
New disclosures a few days before the
ISNVD Annual Meeting
(International Society for Neurovascular Disease,
at present highly committed to the study of CCSVI)
Bologna, March 14-15, 2011
AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN STUDY SHOWS THAT JUGULAR VEIN NARROWING SLOWS DOWN THE CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW.
THE STUDY WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE MARCH ISSUE OF BMC Medicine
ANOTHER BUILDING BLOCK IN FAVOUR OF THE CCSVI THEORY
There is a great deal of interest in the discovery of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) made by Prof. Paolo Zamboni from the University of Ferrara; it is a vascular disease which seems to interfere with the development and progression of Multiple Sclerosis.
In this respect, a lot of significant disclosures are expected from the ISNVD (International Society for Neurovascular Disease) Annual Meeting which will be held in Bologna on March 14-15 under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic.
Among them, a study published in BMC Medicine (March 2011 issue, pages 9-22) on the relationship between Brain Hypoperfusion and CCSVI. The results of this study can be rapidly summarized as follows:
The <span>study is the result of cooperation</span> between the Center for Vascular Diseases of the University of Ferrara headed by Prof Paolo Zamboni, the il Bene Center of the Bellaria Hospital in Bologna headed by Dr Fabrizio Salvi and the Department of Neurology and Neuroimaging of New York University, Buffalo Center, headed by Prof Robert Zivadinov.
The study found that the venous occlusions that are typical of CCSVI cause overloading of the brain microcirculation with reduction in cerebral blood flow which decreases in proportion to the degree of extracranial venous occlusion.
Of the 24 subjects that were investigated in this pilot study, 18 had both CCSVI and MS. They were Italian and American young patients with mean age of 40.
This result clearly indicates that axonal degeneration (degeneration of the central nerve component) which is ultimately responsible for disability is negatively affected by bad venous functioning like in CCSVI.
This aspect will be the subject of a scientific debate which will take place at the forthcoming ISNVD Meeting in Bologna, on March 15 at 8:30 am with Robert Zivadinov (8.30>8.45 Hypoperfusion of brain parenchyma in CCSVI) and Bruce Trapp, (8.45>9.00 Hypoxia-like aspect of MS). The latter is the researcher who first highlighted that axonal degeneration correlates with insufficient oxygen perfusion. The Italian-American study shows that CCSVI is among the culprits of this nerve asphyxia.
The Meeting’s report will be available on line in due time on the following Website:
www.isnvdannualmeeting.org
The only authorized Press Office is:
Francesca Rossini Manfredini
Laboratorio delle Parole
Tel. +39-051-0950120
Mobile +39-335-5411331 or +39-331-6752354 –
notizie@laboratoriodelleparole.it
francesca.rossini@laboratoriodelleparole.it
Press Conference to discuss the results of the Meeting:
Tuesday, March 15 at 1:30 pm at CNR, Bologna (Meeting venue)
Bologna, March 11, 2011
Source: http://www.isnvdannualmeeting.org/press/cst-anticipazioniISNVD-en_110311.doc
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