Impact of intracardiac echocardiography on radiation exposure during adult congenital heart disease catheter-based interventions

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-142

  Rigatelli, Gianluca ^a,b   Cardaioli, Paolo ^a   Roncon, Loris ^a   Giordan, Massimo ^a   Bedendo, Emiliano ^a   Oliva, Laura ^a   Panin, Stefano ^a   Zonzin, Pietro ^a  

^a ROVIGO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ECVTR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Congenital Heart Disease; Interventional; Intracardiac echocardiography; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCLEROTHERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33947241918     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-006-9125-4     Document Type: Article

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