The dependence of patient dose on factors relating to the technique and complexity of Interventional Cardiology procedures

Physica Medica

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 153-157

  Delichas, Miltiadis G ^a   Psarrakos, Kyriakos ^a   Hatziioannou, Konstantinos ^b   Giannoglou, Georgios ^a   Molyvda Athanasopoulou, Elisabeth ^a   Papanastassiou, Emmanouil ^a   Sioundas, Anastasios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complexity; Interventional Cardiology; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; X RAY;

EID: 33745727774     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1120-1797(05)80004-3     Document Type: Article

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