Patient skin dosimetry in haemodynamic and electrophysiology interventional cardiology

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 241-246

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

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DOSIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OPERATOR; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TACHYCARDIA; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 33645220620     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci756     Document Type: Article

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