Risk of radiation induced skin injuries from arrhythmia ablation procedures

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1363-1369

  Park, Thomas H ^a   Eichling, John O ^a   Schechtman, Kenneth B ^a   Bromberg, Burt I ^a   Smith, Joseph M ^a   Lindsay, Bruce D ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation of arrhythmias; catheter ablation; radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN INJURY;

EID: 0029844819     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb04216.x     Document Type: Article

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