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CIRSE Standards of Practice on Peri-operative Anticoagulation Management During Interventional Radiology Procedures

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This CIRSE Standards of Practice document is aimed at interventional radiologists and provides best practices for peri-operative anticoagulation management during interventional radiology procedures.

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  1. Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK

    Mohammed Hadi, Carolina Walker & Raman Uberoi

  2. Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Michael Desborough & Beverley Hunt

  3. Radiology I Unit, Policlinico Universitario G.Rodolico, Catania, Italy

    Antonio Basile

  4. Interventional Radiology Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, Medical School of Crete, Crete, Greece

    Dimitrios Tsetis

  5. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikverbund Flensburg, Flensburg, Germany

    Stefan Müller-Hüllsbeck

  6. General Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria

    Thomas Rand

  7. Karl Landsteiner Institute for Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, Vienna, Austria

    Thomas Rand

  8. Department of Interventional Radiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Otto van Delden

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Hadi, M., Walker, C., Desborough, M. et al. CIRSE Standards of Practice on Peri-operative Anticoagulation Management During Interventional Radiology Procedures. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 44, 523–536 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-020-02763-4

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