Reduction of radiation exposure in the cardiac electrophysiology laboratory

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11 I, 2000, Pages 1638-1644

  Wittkampf, Fred H M ^a   Wever, Eric F D ^a   Vos, Kees ^a   Geleijns, Jacob ^b   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Van Der Tol, Jan ^a   Robles De Medina, Etienne O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Dose reduction; Fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CATHETER ABLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0033635562     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.01638.x     Document Type: Article

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