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http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/...sis-ccsvi.html

"It is telling us that there is likely no benefit of balloon angioplasty in patients who have MS and have CCSVI and there is a possibility that at least in the early term, because this is six months, there is evidence there may actually be increased disease activity from balloon angioplasty."

Siddiqui said he's "concerned enough to suggest that patients not receive this treatment outside rigorously controlled clinical trials. That's important because not only did we not show any benefit in a very carefully selected cohort that was most likely to show benefit, we saw none. Instead we saw potential for harm."