Un
nuevo estudio ha observado que un paciente con esclerosis multiple (EM)
no presenta pruebas de insuficiencia crónica venosa
cefalorraquídea (CCSVI), lo que estaría en contra
de la teoría de que la obstrucción del flujo de
sangre en las venas del cerebro podría ser una de las causas
de la EM. ![]() Aunque se encontraron algunas diferencias en las respuestas a los cambios del flujo venoso postural entre pacientes y controles, no se llegó a confirmar CCSVI. Se encontró una disminución del volumen del flujo total de sangre yugular cuando los pacientes se incorporaron, concretamente la disminución era de, aproximadamente, la mitad de la observada en los controles, de manera que el volumen del flujo sanguíneo en la posición sentada, era casi tres veces mayor en pacientes con EM en relación con los controles. No se observaron diferencias entre pacientes y controles en los datos del flujo venoso intracraneal, o en el flujo yugular cuando se llevó a cabo la maniobra de Valsalva. |
| [Ann Neurol 2010] Doepp F, Paul F, Valdueza JM, Schmierer K y Schreiber SJ |
| Abstract
Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by demyelination centered around cerebral veins. Recent studies suggested this topographic pattern may be caused by venous congestion, a condition termed ‘chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency’ (‘CCSVI’). Published sonographic criteria of ‘CCSVI’ include reflux in the deep cerebral veins and/or the internal jugular and vertebral veins (IJVs and VVs), stenosis of the IJVs, missing flow in IJVs and VVs, and inverse postural response of the cerebral venous drainage. Methods: We performed an extended extra- and transcranial color-coded sonography study including analysis of extracranial venous blood volume flow (BVF), cross-sectional areas, IJV flow analysis during valsalva manoever (VM) as well as ‘CCSVI’ criteria. 56 MS patients and 20 controls were studied. Results: Except for one patient, blood flow direction in the IJVs and VVs was normal in all subjects. In none of the subjects was IJV stenosis detected. IJV and VV BVF in both groups were equal in the supine body position. The decrease of total jugular BVF upon turning into the upright position was less pronounced in patients (173±235 vs 362±150 ml/min, p<0.001), leading to higher BVF in the latter position (318 ml/min±242 vs 123±109 ml/min; p<0.001). No differences between groups were seen in intracranial veins and during VM. None of the subjects investigated in this study fulfilled more than one criterion for ‘CCSVI’. Interpretation: Our results challenge the hypothesis that cerebral venous congestion plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of MS. Future studies should elucidate the difference between patients and healthy subjects in BVF regulation. Ann Neurol 2010. |