Radiation Exposure to Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Are Current Reference Values too High?

Herz

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 208-217

  Kuon, Eberhard ^a   Empen, Klaus ^b   Rohde, Dirk ^a   Dahm, Johannes B ^b  

^a Klinik Fraenkische Schweiz   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Emergency intervention; Excimer laser angioplasty; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Radiation dose; Radiation exposure; Reference levels

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IN STENT RESTENOSIS; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY; RESTENOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; EMERGENCIES; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 1942455802     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-004-2552-x     Document Type: Article

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