Patient Radiation Doses in Interventional Cardiology Procedures

• Published in: Current cardiology reviews Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Pantos, Ioannis, Patatoukas, Georgios, Katritsis, Demosthenes, Efstathopoulos, Efstathios
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Arab Emirates Bentham Science Publishers Ltd 01.01.2009
• Subjects: Patient dosimetry; interventional cardiology

Interventional cardiology procedures result in substantial patient radiation doses due to prolonged fluoroscopy time and radiographic exposure. The procedures that are most frequently performed are coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary interventions, diagnostic electrophysiology studies and ra...