Sustainability in the cardiac cath lab

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-147

  Picano, Eugenio ^a   Santoro, Gennaro ^b   Vano, Eliseo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Radiation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY STENT; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947270943     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-006-9148-x     Document Type: Editorial

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