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CIRSE Standards of Practice on Conducting Meetings on Morbidity and Mortality

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This CIRSE Standards of Practice document is developed by an expert writing group under the guidance of the CIRSE Standards of Practice Committee. It aims to assist Interventional Radiologists in their daily practice by providing best practices for conducting meetings on morbidity and mortality.

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  1. Department of Radiology, St George’s Hospital, London, UK

    Joo-Young Chun & Bhavin Kawa

  2. Department of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

    Arindam Bharadwaz

  3. Department of Interventional Radiology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

    Jimmy Kyaw Tun

  4. Interventional Radiology Unit, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Saint Louis and CUF Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal

    Tiago Bilhim

  5. Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal

    Tiago Bilhim

  6. Hospital Universitari Vall d‘Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

    Carla Gonzalez-Junyent

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Chun, JY., Bharadwaz, A., Kyaw Tun, J. et al. CIRSE Standards of Practice on Conducting Meetings on Morbidity and Mortality. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 44, 1157–1164 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-021-02860-y

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