Dose to cardiologists in haemodynamic and electrophysiology cardiac interventional procedures

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 111-115

  Trianni, Annalisa ^a,b   Padovani, R ^a   Foti, C ^a   Cragnolini, E ^a   Chizzola, G ^a   Toh, H ^a   Bernardi, G ^a   Proclemer, A ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33645212979     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci764     Document Type: Article

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