ACR–ASNR–SIR–SNIS PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ENDOVASCULAR THROMBECTOMY AND REVASCULARIZATION IN ACUTE STROKE

PREAMBLE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS

A. Summary

II. INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS

B. Discussion

III.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

III.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

A. Physician

III.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

B. Qualified Medical Physicist

III.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

C. Non-Physician Radiology Provider (NPRP)

III.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

D. Radiologic Technologist

III.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

E. Sedation and Analgesia Services

III.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

F. Nursing Services

IV. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

A. Facilities and Resources

IV. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

B. Preprocedural Care

IV. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

C. Intraprocedural Care

IV. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

D. Postprocedural Care

V. DOCUMENTATION

VI. EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS

A. Procedural Equipment and Facilities

VI. EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS

B. Physiologic Monitoring and Resuscitation Equipment

VII. RADIATION SAFETY IN IMAGING

VIII. QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION

IX. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Writing Committee – members represent their societies in the initial and final revision of this practice parameter

ACR
Hetts, Steven W MD, Chair
Ansari, Sameer A MD, PhD
Austin, Matthew J MD
Brown, Justin L PhD

SNIS
Caton, M. Travis MD
Klucznik, Richard MD
Miller, Todd MD

ASNR
Heit, Jeremy J MD, PhD
Kam, Anthony W MD, PhD
Liebeskind, David S MD

SIR
Heran, Manraj KS MD
Vadlamudi, Venu MD
Wojak, Joan C MD

Committee on Practice Parameters – Neuroradiology

(ACR Committee responsible for sponsoring the draft through the process)

Shah, Lubdha M MD, Chair	Aiken, Ashley H MD	Amrhein, Timothy J MD	Austin, Matthew J MD
Becker, Jennifer L MD	Chaudhry, Umar S MD	Chiang, Gloria C MD	Hutchins, Troy A MD
Isikbay, Masis BS, MD	Ormsby, Jacob MBA, MD	Riley, Kalen MD	Sio, Terence Tai-Weng MD, MS

Committee on Practice Parameters and Technical Standards

(ACR Committee responsible for sponsoring the draft through the process)

Newell, Mary S MD, Chair

Caplin, Drew M MD

Committee on Practice Parameters – Interventional and Cardiovascular Radiology

(ACR Committee responsible for sponsoring the draft through the process)

Caplin, Drew M MD, Chair	Daly, Kevin MD	Dickey, Kevin MD	Gurusamy, Varshana MD
Jensen, Mary E MD	Kaufman, Claire MD	Kay, Dennis MD	Landinez, Gina MD
Lee, Margaret H MD	Monfore, Natosha N DO	Noor, Amir MD	Tomihama, Roger T MD
Yeisley, Christopher MD

Jordan, John E MD, Chair, Commission on Neuroradiology

Larson, David B MBA, MD, Chair, Commission on Quality and Safety

Min, Robert MD, Chair, Commission on Interventional Radiology & Cardiovascular Imaging

Comments Reconciliation Committee

Chen, Melissa MD - CSC, Chair	Mihal, David MD - CSC, Co-Chair	Ansari, Sameer A MD, PhD	Austin, Matthew J MD
Brown, Justin L PhD	Caplin, Drew M MD	Caton, M. Travis MD	Crummy, Timothy MD, MHA - CSC
Heit, Jeremy J MD, PhD	Heran, Manraj KS MD	Hetts, Steven W MD	Jordan, John E MD
Kam, Anthony W MD, PhD	Kaufman, Claire MD	Klucznik, Richard MD	Larson, David B MBA, MD
Liebeskind, David S MD	Miller, Todd MD	Min, Robert MD	Newell, Mary S MD
Schoppe, Kurt MD - CSC	Shah, Lubdha M MD	Vadlamudi, Venu MD	Wojak, Joan C MD

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