Quality Improvement Documents
1. Guidelines for Establishing a Quality Improvement Program in Interventional Radiology
Joseph R. Steele, Michael J. Wallace, David M. Hovsepian, Brent C. James, Sanjoy Kundu, Donald L. Miller, Steven C. Rose, David Sacks, Samir S. Shah, John F. Cardella
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010 21: 617-625
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 Percutaneous Drainage/Aspiration of Abscess and Fluid Collections
Michael J. Wallace, Kenneth W. Chin, Thomas B. Fletcher, Curtis W. Bakal, John F. Cardella, Clement J. Grassi, John D. Grizzard, Alan D. Kaye, David C. Kushner, Paul A. Larson, Lawrence A. Liebscher, Patrick R. Luers, Matthew A. Mauro, Sanjoy Kundu
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010 21: 431-435
5. Quality Improvement Guidelines for Percutaneous Needle Biopsy
Sanjay Gupta, Michael J. Wallace, John F. Cardella, Sanjoy Kundu, Donald L. Miller, Steven C. Rose
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010 21: 969-975
6. Quality Improvement Guidelines for Central Venous Access
Sean R. Dariushnia, Michael J. Wallace, Nasir H. Siddiqi, Richard B. Towbin, Joan C. Wojak, Sanjoy Kundu, John F. Cardella
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010 21:976-981
7. Quality Improvement Guidelines for Percutaneous Transcatheter Embolization: Society of Interventional Radiology Standards of Practice Committee
John F. Angle, Nasir H. Siddiqi, Michael J. Wallace, Sanjoy Kundu, LeAnn Stokes, Joan C. Wojak, John F. Cardella
Volume 21, Issue 10, Pages 1479-1486
8. Quality Improvement Guidelines for Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography, Biliary Drainage, and Percutaneous Cholecystostomy , 22 March 2010
Wael E.A. Saad, Michael J. Wallace, Joan C. Wojak, Sanjoy Kundu, John F. Cardella
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010 21:789-795
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. 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, 29 September 2010
T. Gregory Walker, Sanjeeva P. Kalva, Kalpana Yeddula, Stephan Wicky, Sanjoy Kundu, Peter Drescher, B. Janne d'Othee, Steven C. Rose, John F. Cardella
Volume 21, Issue 11, Pages 1632-1655
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 the Performance of Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement for the Prevention of Pulmonary Embolism
Drew M. Caplin, MD, Boris Nikolic, MD, MBA, Sanjeeva P. Kalva, MD, Suvranu Ganguli, MD,
Wael E.A. Saad, MD, and Darryl A. Zuckerman, MD, for the Society of Interventional Radiology
Standards of Practice Committee
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2011; 22:1499-1506
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 for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Renal Artery Stenosis in Adults
Louis G. Martin, John H. Rundback, Michael J. Wallace, John F. Cardella, John F. Angle, Sanjoy Kundu, Donald L. Miller, Joan C. Wojak
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010 21:421-430
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 Uterine Artery Embolization for Symptomatic Leiomyomas
LeAnn S. Stokes, Michael J. Wallace, Robbie B. Godwin, Sanjoy Kundu, John F. Cardella
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010 21:1153-1163
24. 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.
25. 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
26. 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'Othee, 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
27. Consensus Guidelines for Periprocedural
Management of Coagulation Status and Hemostasis Risk in Percutaneous Image-guided Interventions
Patrick C. Malloy, MD, Clement J. Grassi, MD, Sanjoy Kundu, MD, Debra Ann Gervais, MD,
Donald L. Miller, MD, Robert B. Osnis, MD, Darren W. Postoak, MD, Dheeraj K. Rajan, MD, David Sacks, MD,
Marc S. Schwartzberg, MD, Darryl A. Zuckerman, MD, and John F. Cardella, MD, for the Standards of Practice
Committee with Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) Endorsement
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2009; 20:S240-S249
28. Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Guidelines for the Treatment of Lower Extremity Superficial Venous Insufficiency with Ambulatory Phlebectomy From the Society of Interventional Radiology, Cardiovascular Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, American College of Phlebology and Canadian Interventional Radiology Association
Kundu et al
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010; 21
29. Multisociety Consensus Quality Improvement Guidelines for the Treatment of Lower Extremity Superficial Venous Insufficiency With Endovenous Thermal Ablation From the Society of Interventional Radiology, Cardiovascular Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, American College of Phlebology and Canadian Interventional Radiology Association
Khilnani et al
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010; 21
30. Joint Quality Improvement Guidelines for Pediatric Arterial Access and Arteriography: From the Societies of Interventional Radiology and Pediatric Radiology
Heran et al
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010; 21
31. Guidelines for Peripheral and Visceral Vascular Embolization Training: Joint Writing Groups of the Standards of Practice Committees for the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE), and Canadian Interventional Radiology Association (CIRA)
Jafar Golzarian, Marc R. Sapoval, Sanjoy Kundu, David W. Hunter, Elias N. Brountzos, Jean-Francois H. Geschwind, Timothy P. Murphy, James B. Spies, Michael J. Wallace, Thierry de Baere, John F. Cardella
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010; 21
32. Practice Guideline for Adult Antibiotic Prophylaxis during Vascular and Interventional Radiology Procedures
Aradhana M. Venkatesan, Sanjoy Kundu, David Sacks, Michael J. Wallace, Joan C. Wojak, Steven C. Rose, Timothy W.I. Clark, B. Janne d'Othee, Maxim Itkin, Robert S. Jones, Donald L. Miller, Charles A. Owens, Dheeraj K. Rajan, LeAnn S. Stokes, Timothy L. Swan, Richard B. Towbin, John F. Cardella
Volume 21, Issue 11, Pages 1611-1630
33. Multidisciplinary Practical Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Access for Enteral Nutrition and Decompression From the Society of Interventional Radiology and American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute, With Endorsement by Canadian Interventional Radiological Association (CIRA) and Cardiovascular and Interventional
Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)
Maxim Itkin, MD, Mark H. DeLegge, MD, John C. Fang, MD, Stephen A. McClave, MD, Sanjoy Kundu, MD, Bertrand Janne d'Othee, MD, MPH, Gloria M. Martinez-Salazar, MD, David Sacks, MD, Timothy L. Swan, MD, Richard B. Towbin, MD, T. Gregory Walker, MD,
Joan C. Wojak, MD, Darryl A. Zuckerman, MD, and John F. Cardella, MD
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2011; 22:1089-1106
34. Developing a Clinical Pediatric Interventional Practice: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the Society of Interventional Radiology and the Society for Pediatric Radiology
Kevin M. Baskin, MD, Mark J. Hogan, MD, Manrita K. Sidhu, MD, Bairbre L. Connolly, MB,
Richard B. Towbin, MD, Wael E.A. Saad, MD, Josee Dubois, MD, MSc,
Manraj K.S. Heran, MD, FRCPC, Francis E. Marshalleck, MD, Donald L. Miller, MD,
Derek Roebuck, MBBS, Michael J. Temple, MD, FRCP, T. Gregory Walker, MD,
John F. Cardella, MD, and members from the Society of Interventional Radiology Standards of
Practice Committee and Society for Pediatric Radiology Interventional Radiology Committee
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2011; 22:1647-1655