Vascular multiple sclerosis hypothesis and treatment questioned

Monday, August 2, 2010 - 09:07 in Health & Medicine

Two important new studies challenge the controversial hypothesis that venous congestion--chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI)--contributes to the development of multiple sclerosis (MS). This theory has resulted in many MS patients receiving experimental endovascular angioplasty, a treatment for MS unproven by clinical trials.

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