Sanjoy Kundu

Quality improvement guidelines for central venous access.

Curtis A. Lewis, MD, Timothy E. Allen, MD, Dana R. Burke, MD, John F. Cardella, MD, Steven J. Citron, MD, Patricia E. Cole, MD, PhD, Alain T. Drooz, MD, Elizabeth A. Drucker, MD, JD, Ziv J. Haskal, MD, Louis G. Martin, MD, A. Van Moore, MD, Calvin D. Neithamer, MD, Steven B. Oglevie, MD, Kenneth S. Rholl, MD, Anne C. Roberts, MD, David Sacks, MD, Orestes Sanchez, MD, Anthony Venbrux, MD, Curtis W. Bakal, MD, MPH, for the Society of Interventional Radiology Standards of Practice Committee

Reporting Standards for Endovascular Treatment of Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis

Suresh Vedantham, MD, Clement J. Grassi, MD, Hector Ferral, MD, Nilesh H. Patel, MD, Patricia E. Thorpe, MD, Vittorio P. Antonacci, MD, Bertrand M. Janne d’Othée, MD, Lawrence V. Hofmann, MD, John F. Cardella, MD, Sanjoy Kundu, MD, Curtis A. Lewis, MD, MBA, Marc S. Schwartzberg, MD, Robert J. Min, MD, and David Sacks, MD, for the Technology Assessment Committee of the Society of Interventional Radiology

Quality Improvement Guidelines for Percutaneous Needle Biopsy

THE membership of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Standards of Practice Committee represents experts in a broad spectrum of interventional procedures from both the private and academic sectors of medicine. Generally Standards of Practice Committee members dedicate the vast majority of their professional time to performing interventional procedures; as such they represent a valid broad expert constituency of the subject matter under consideration for standards production.

Quality improvement guidelines for percutaneous transcatheter embolization: Society of interventional radiology standards of practice committee

THE membership of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Standards of Practice Committee represents experts in a broad spectrum of interventional procedures from both the private and academic sectors of medicine. Generally Standards of Practice Committee members dedicate the vast majority of their professional time to performing interventional procedures; as such they represent a valid broad expert constituency of the subject matter under consideration for standards production. Technical documents specifying the exact consensus and literature review methodologies as well as the institutional affiliations and professional credentials of the authors of this document are available upon request from SIR,

Quality Improvement Guidelines for Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography, Biliary Drainage, and Percutaneous Cholecystostomy

THE membership of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Standards of Practice Committee represents experts in a broad spectrum of interventional procedures from both the private and academic sectors of medicine. Generally Standards of Practice Committee members dedicate the vast majority of their professional time to performing interventional procedures; as such they represent a valid broad expert constituency of the subject matter under consideration for standards production.

Quality Improvement Guidelines for Uterine Artery Embolization for Symptomatic Leiomyomata

Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is assuming an important role in the treatment of women with symptomatic uterine leiomyomata worldwide. The following guidelines, which have been jointly published with the Society of Interventional Radiology in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, are intended to ensure the safe practice of UAE by identifying the elements of appropriate patient selection, anticipated outcomes, and recognition of possible complications and their timely address.

Reporting Standards for Endovascular Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism

From the Division of Interventional Radiology (F.B.) and the Departments of Radiology (D.C.B.) and Surgery (D.M.L.), Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd, NW, Washington, DC 20007; the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California (W.T.K.); the Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia (L.G.M.); the Department of Radiology, University of Western Ontario, London, and Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada (S.F.M.); the Department of Interventional Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, NYU Medical Center, New York, New York (T.W.I.C.); Scarborough General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (S.K.); the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (D.K.R.); The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Advanced Interventional Radiology, West Reading, Pennsylvania (D.S.); and Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania (J.F.C.). Received September 1, 2009; accepted September 28, 2009. Address correspondence to F.B.; E-mail: banovac@isis.georgetown.edu

Standards of practiceQuality Improvement Guidelines for Percutaneous Transcatheter Embolization: Society of Interventional Radiology Standards of Practice Committee

THE membership of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Standards of Practice Committee represents experts in a broad spectrum of interventional procedures from both the private and academic sectors of medicine. Generally Standards of Practice Committee members dedicate the vast majority of their professional time to performing interventional procedures; as such they represent a valid broad expert constituency of the subject matter under consideration for standards production. Technical documents specifying the exact consensus and literature review methodologies as well as the institutional affiliations and professional credentials of the authors of this document are available upon request from SIR,

Quality Improvement Guidelines for Angiography, Angioplasty, and Stent Placement for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Renal Artery Stenosis in Adults

From the Department of Radiology (L.G.M.), Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia; Advanced Interventional Radiology Services (J.H.R.), Teaneck, New Jersey; Interventional Radiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (M.J.W.), Houston, Texas; System Radiology (J.F.C.), Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania; Department of Radiology (J.F.A.), University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia; Department of Medical Imaging (S.K.), Scarborough General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Radiology and Radiologic Sciences (D.L.M.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Department of Radiology (D.L.M.), National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland; and Department of Radiology (J.C.W.), Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Lafayette, Louisiana. Received November 1, 2009; final revision received December 6, 2009; accepted December 28, 2009. Address correspondence to L.G.M., c/o Debbie Katsarelis, 3975 Fair Ridge Dr., Suite 400 N., Fairfax, VA 22033; E-mail: lmart03@emory.edu

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Written by the Standards of Practice Committee for the Society of Interventional Radiology and Endorsed by the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe and the Canadian Interventional Radiology Association

From the Department of Radiology, Division of Vascular Imaging and Intervention (T.G.W., S.P.K., K.Y., S.W.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Medical Imaging (S.K.), Scarborough General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Interventional Radiology (P.D.), West Allis Memorial Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology (B.J.D.), University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Radiology (S.C.R.), University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California; and Department of Radiology (J.F.C.), Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania. Received May 4, 2010; final revision received May 24, 2010; accepted July 11, 2010. Address corre-