Use of a sterile, disposable, radiation-absorbing shield reduces occupational exposure to scatter radiation during pectoral device implantation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6 PART I, 2004, Pages 726-729

  Simons, Grant R ^a   Orrison Jr , William W ^b,c  

^a ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Academic Medical Institute of Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardioverter defibrillator; Fluoroscopy; Pacemaker; Radiation protection; X rays

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PHYSICIAN; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; X RAY;

EID: 2942522447     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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