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

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