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Society of Interventional Radiology
The Society of Interventional Radiology is a national organization of physicians, scientists, and allied health professionals dedicated to improving public health through disease management and minimally invasive, image-guided therapeutic interventions.
Interventional radiologists are board-certified physicians who specialize in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. They use X-rays, MRI, and other imaging to advance a catheter in the body, usually in an artery, to treat at the source of the disease non-surgically. As the inventors of selective catheterization, peripheral angioplasty, and stenting in the 1950s and 1960s, interventional radiologists pioneered the non-surgical treatment of PAD and minimally invasive modern medicine.
Certified in both diagnostic radiology and vascular and interventional radiology, interventional radiologists provide a uniquely diverse expertise that combines multi-modality imaging and diagnosis, coupled with broad clinical experience across specialties and in-depth knowledge of the least invasive treatments.
P.A.D.-Related Activities and Resources:
- PAD Information for Patients and Public
- Fact Sheet
- Video Clips
- Legs for Life® P.A.D. Screening Sites and Information
- Find a Doctor
- P.A.D. Information for Referring Specialists(scroll to P.A.D. section)
- PAD Bibliography
- Society of Interventional Radiology Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Guidelines for Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
- Angioplasty Standard of Practice
- Quality Improvement Guidelines for Percutaneous Management of Acute Limb Ischemia
- The TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus (TASC) on the Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PDF)
- Training Standards for Physicians (PDF) Performing Peripheral Angioplasty and Other 7.Percutaneous Peripheral Vascular Interventions: A Statement for Health Professionals from the Special Writing Group of the Councils on Cardiovascular Radiology, Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, and Clinical Cardiology, the American Heart Association
- Position Statement: Documenting Physician Experience for Credentials for Peripheral Arterial Procedures—What You Need to Know: A Consensus Statement Developed by the Standards Division of the Society of Interventional Radiology
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