Assessment of patient radiation doses during transcatheter closure of ventricular and atrial septal defects with amplatzer devices

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 434-441

  Papadopoulou, Despina I ^a   Yakoumakis, Emmanouel N ^a   Makri, Triantafillia K ^a,b   Sandilos, Panagiotis H ^a   Thanopoulos, Basil D ^b   Georgiou, Evangelos K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heart septal defects; Pediatric interventional catheterizations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GONAD; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; INFANT; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 21244469854     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20353     Document Type: Article

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