Quality Improvement Documents
Training, Competency, and Credentialing Standards for
Diagnostic Cervicocerebral Angiography, Carotid Stenting, and
Cerebrovascular Intervention
John J. Connors, III, MD, David Sacks, MD, Anthony J. Furlan, MD, Warren R. Selman, MD, Eric J. Russell, MD,
Philip E. Stieg, MD, PhD, and Mark N. Hadley, MD, for the NeuroVascular Coalition Writing Group
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2004; 15:13471356.
1. Guidelines for Establishing a
Quality Assurance Program in Vascular and Interventional
Radiology
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S203-S205.
2. Guidelines for Percutaneous
Transluminal Angioplasty
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S209-S217.
3. Angioplasty Standard of Practice
James B. Spies, Curtis W. Bakal, Dana R. Burke, John F. Cardella,
Alain Drooz, Michael E. Edwards, James W. Husted, Aubrey M.
Palestrant, Michael J. Pentecost, Anne C. Roberts, William F.
Rogers, Millard C. Spencer, and Phillip J. Weyman
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S219-S221.
4. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Adult Percutaneous Abscess and Fluid Drainage
Curtis W. Bakal, David Sacks, Dana R. Burke, John F. Cardella,
Paramjit S. Chopra, Steven L. Dawson, Alain T. Drooz, Neil
Freeman, Steven G. Meranze, A. Van Moore, Jr, Aubrey M.
Palestrant, Anne C. Roberts, James B. Spies, Eric J. Stein, and
Richard Towbin
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S223-S225.
5. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Image-guided Percutaneous Biopsy in Adults
John F. Cardella, Curtis W. Bakal, Raymond E. Bertino, Dana R.
Burke, Alain Drooz, Ziv Haskal, Curtis A. Lewis, Patrick C.
Malloy, Steven G. Meranze, Steven B. Oglevie, David Sacks, and
Richard B. Towbin
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S227-S230.
6. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Central Venous Access
Curtis A. Lewis, Timothy E. Allen, Dana R. Burke, John F.
Cardella, Steven J. Citron, Patricia E. Cole, Alain T. Drooz,
Elizabeth A. Drucker, Ziv J. Haskal, Louis G. Martin, A. Van
Moore, Calvin D. Neithamer, Steven B. Oglevie, Kenneth S. Rholl,
Anne C. Roberts, David Sacks, Orestes Sanchez, Anthony Venbrux,
and Curtis W. Bakal
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S231-S234.
7. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Percutaneous Transcatheter Embolization
Alain T. Drooz, Curtis A. Lewis, Timothy E. Allen, Steven J.
Citron, Patricia E. Cole, Neil J. Freeman, James W. Husted,
Patrick C. Malloy, Louis G. Martin, A. Van Moore, Calvin D.
Neithamer, Anne C. Roberts, David Sacks, Orestes Sanchez, Anthony
C. Venbrux, and Curtis W. Bakal
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S237-S242.
8. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography and Biliary Drainage
Dana R. Burke, Curtis A. Lewis, John F. Cardella, Steven J.
Citron, Alain T. Drooz, Ziv J. Haskal, James W. Husted, Timothy
C. McCowan, A. Van Moore, Steven B. Oglevie, David Sacks, James
B. Spies, Richard B. Towbin, and Curtis W. Bakal
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S243-S246.
9. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Percutaneous Management of the Thrombosed or Dysfunctional
Dialysis Access
John E. Aruny, Curtis A. Lewis, John F. Cardella, Patricia E.
Cole, Andrew Davis, Alain T. Drooz, Clement J. Grassi, Richard J.
Gray, James W. Husted, Michael Todd Jones, Timothy C. McCowan,
Steven G. Meranze, A. Van Moore, Calvin D. Neithamer, Steven B.
Oglevie, Reed A. Omary, Nilesh H. Patel, Kenneth S. Rholl, Anne
C. Roberts, David Sacks, Orestes Sanchez, Mark I. Silverstein,
Harjit Singh, Timothy L. Swan, Richard B. Towbin, Scott O.
Trerotola, and Curtis W. Bakal
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S247-S253.
10. Quality Improvement for Diagnostic
Neuroangiography and Other Procedures
Curtis W. Bakal
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S255-S256.
11. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Adult Diagnostic Neuroangiography: Cooperative Study between
ASITN, ASNR, and SIR
Steven J. Citron, Robert C. Wallace, Curtis A. Lewis, Robert C.
Dawson, Jacques E. Dion, Allan J. Fox, James V. Manzione, Cynthia
S. Payne, Frank J. Rivera, Eric J. Russell, David Sacks, Wayne F.
Yakes, and Curtis W. Bakal
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S257-S261.
12. Imaging Guidelines for Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm Repair with Endovascular Stent Grafts
Stuart C. Geller
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S263-S264.
13. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts
Ziv J. Haskal, Louis Martin, John F. Cardella, Patricia E. Cole,
Alain Drooz, Clement J. Grassi, Timothy C. McCowan, Steven G.
Meranze, Calvin D. Neithamer, Steven B. Oglevie, Anne C. Roberts,
David Sacks, Mark I. Silverstein, Timothy L. Swan, Richard B.
Towbin, and Curtis A. Lewis
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S265-S270.
14. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Percutaneous Permanent Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement for
the Prevention of Pulmonary Embolism
Clement J. Grassi, Timothy L. Swan, John F. Cardella, Steven G.
Meranze, Steven B. Oglevie, Reed A. Omary, Anne C. Roberts, David
Sacks, Mark I. Silverstein, Richard B. Towbin, and Curtis A.
Lewis
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S271-S275.
15. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Percutaneous Nephrostomy
Parvati Ramchandani, John F. Cardella, Clement J. Grassi, Anne C.
Roberts, David Sacks, Marc S. Schwartzberg, and Curtis A. Lewis
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S277-S281.
16. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Diagnostic Arteriography
Harjit Singh, John F. Cardella, Patricia E. Cole, Clement J.
Grassi, Timothy C. McCowan, Timothy L. Swan, David Sacks, and
Curtis A. Lewis
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S283-S288.
17. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Diagnostic Infusion Venography
Daniel B. Brown, Harjit Singh, John F. Cardella, John E. Aruny,
Patricia E. Cole, Steven B. Oglevie, Reed A. Omary, Nilesh H.
Patel, Kenneth S. Rholl, David Sacks, Timothy L. Swan, and Curtis
A. Lewis
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S289-S292.
18. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
the Reporting and Archiving of Interventional Radiology
Procedures
Reed A. Omary, Michael A. Bettmann, John F. Cardella, Curtis W.
Bakal, Mark S. Schwartzberg, David Sacks, Kenneth S. Rholl,
Steven G. Meranze, and Curtis A. Lewis
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S293-S295.
19. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Angiography, Angioplasty, and Stent Placement in the Diagnosis
and Treatment of Renal Artery Stenosis in Adults
Louis G. Martin, John H. Rundback, David Sacks, John F. Cardella,
Chet R. Rees, Alan H. Matsumoto, Steven G. Meranze, Marc S.
Schwartzberg, Mark I. Silverstein, and Curtis A. Lewis
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S297-S310.
20. Society of Interventional Radiology
Quality Improvement Guidelines for Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
J. Kevin McGraw, John Cardella, John Dean Barr, John M. Mathis,
Orestes Sanchez, Marc S. Schwartzberg, Timothy L. Swan, and David
Sacks
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S311-S315.
21. Carotid Artery Angioplasty and
Stent Placement: Quality Improvement Guidelines to Ensure Stroke
Risk Reduction
John J. Connors, III, David Sacks, Gary J. Becker, and John D.
Barr
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S317-S319.
22. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
the Performance of Cervical Carotid Angioplasty and Stent
Placement: Developed by a Collaborative Panel of the American
Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, the
American Society of Neuroradiology, and the Society of
Interventional Radiology
John D. Barr, John J. Connors, III, David Sacks, Joan C. Wojak,
Gary J. Becker, John F. Cardella, Bohdan Chopko, Jacques E. Dion,
Allan J. Fox, Randall T. Higashida, Robert W. Hurst, Curtis A.
Lewis, Terence A.S. Matalon, Gary M. Nesbit, J. Arliss Pollock,
Eric J. Russell, David J. Seidenwurm, and Robert C. Wallace
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 14: S321-S335.
23. Quality Improvement Guidelines
for Recording Patient Radiation Dose in the Medical Record
Donald L. Miller, MD, Stephen Balter, PhD, Louis K. Wagner, PhD,
John Cardella, MD, Timothy W.I. Clark, MD, MSc, Calvin D.
Neithamer, Jr, MD, Marc S. Schwartzberg, MD, Timothy L. Swan, MD,
Richard B. Towbin, MD, Kenneth S. Rholl, MD, and David Sacks, MD,
for the SIR Standards of Practice Committee
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2004; 15:423–429
24. Quality Improvement
Guidelines for Uterine Artery Embolization for Symptomatic
Leiomyomata
David M. Hovsepian, MD, Gary P. Siskin, MD, Joseph Bonn, MD, John
F. Cardella, MD, Timothy W.I. Clark, MD, MS, Leo E. Lampmann, MD,
Donald L. Miller, MD, Reed A. Omary, MD, Jean-Pierre Pelage, MD,
Dheeraj Rajan, MD, Marc S. Schwartzberg, MD, Richard B. Towbin,
MD, Woodruff J. Walker, MD, and David Sacks, MD, for the CIRSE
and SIR Standards of Practice Committees
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2004; 15:535-541
25. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Percutaneous Management of Acute Limb Ischemia
Dheeraj K. Rajan, MD, FRCPC, Nilesh H. Patel, MD, Karim Valji,
MD, John F. Cardella, MD, Curtis Bakal, MD, Daniel Brown, MD,
Elias Brountzos, MD, Timothy W.I. Clark, MD, Clement Grassi, MD,
MSc, Steven Meranze, MD, Donald Miller, MD, Calvin Neithamer, MD,
Kenneth Rholl, MD, Anne Roberts, MD, Marc Schwartzberg, MD,
Timothy Swan, MD, Patricia Thorpe, MD, Richard Towbin, MD, David
Sacks, MD for the CIRSE and SIR Standards of Practice Committees
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2005 16: 585-595.
26. Quality Improvement Guidelines for
Transhepatic Arterial Chemoembolization, Embolization, and Chemotherapeutic Infusion
for Hepatic Malignancy
Daniel B. Brown, MD, John F. Cardella, MD, David Sacks, MD, S. Nahum Goldberg, MD, Debra A. Gervais, MD,
Dheeraj Rajan, MD, Suresh Vedantham, MD, Donald L. Miller, MD, Elias N. Brountzos, MD,
Clement J. Grassi, MD, and Richard B. Towbin, MD
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2006; 17:225-232
27. Quality Improvement
Guidelines for the Treatment of Lower Extremity Deep Vein
Thrombosis with Use of Endovascular Thrombus Removal
Suresh Vedantham, MD, Patricia E. Thorpe, MD, John F. Cardella,
MD, Chair, Clement J. Grassi, MD, Nilesh H. Patel, MD, Hector
Ferral, MD, Lawrence V. Hofmann, MD, Bertrand M. Janne
d’OtheŽe, MD, Vittorio P. Antonaci, MD, Elias N. Brountzos,
MD, Daniel B. Brown, MD, Louis G. Martin, MD, Alan H. Matsumoto,
MD, Steven G. Meranze, MD, Donald L. Miller, MD, Steven F.
Millward, MD, Robert J. Min, MD, Calvin D. Neithamer Jr., MD,
Dheeraj K. Rajan, MD, Kenneth S. Rholl, MD, Marc S. Schwartzberg,
MD, Timothy L. Swan, MD, Richard B. Towbin, MD, Bret N.
Wiechmann, MD, and David Sacks, MD, for the CIRSE and SIR
Standards of Practice Committees
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2006; 17:435–448