Radiation-reducing planning of cardiac catheterisation

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 663-673

  Kuon, E ^a   Dahm, J B ^b   Robinson, D M ^b   Empen, K ^b   Gunther M ^a   Wucherer, W ^c  

^a Klinik Frankische Schweiz   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Education; Radiation exposure; Radiation protection; Tube angulations

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GEOMETRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SPINE; STERNUM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BODY BURDEN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 26244468970     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-005-0277-3     Document Type: Article

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