Two new studies appear to support the controversial hypothesis that angioplasty can improve perceived quality of life (QOL), and possibly symptoms as well, in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

The safety of balloon angioplasty to correct perceived venous abnormalities in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) increases with operator experience, leading to an overall low rate of adverse ...

March 26, 2012 (San Francisco, California) — Two retrospective studies on angioplasty for multiple sclerosis have shown that the intervention improves some symptoms and raised questions about the ...

Evaluating patients with multiple sclerosis who have narrowed jugular and azygos veins -- and the value of widening those veins with angioplasty -- warrants careful, well-designed research, according ...

April 5, 2011 (Chicago, Illinois) — Endovascular treatment of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is safe and can be performed on an outpatient ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (March 28, 2011)—Understanding that angioplasty—a medical treatment used by interventional radiologists to widen the veins in the neck and chest to improve blood flow—is safe may ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday warned that a controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis has been tied to serious complications, including stroke and death. Known to some backers as ...