Comparison of operator radiation exposure with optimized radiation protection devices during coronary angiograms and ad hoc percutaneous coronary interventions by radial and femoral routes

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-70

  Brasselet, Camille ^a   Blanpain, Thierry ^a   Tassan Mangina, Sophie ^a   Deschildre, Alain ^a   Duval, Sébastien ^a   Vitry, Fabien ^b   Gaillot Petit, Nathalie ^a   Clément, Jean Paul ^a   Metz, Damien ^a  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Operator radiation exposure; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Radial artery; Stent

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPECTACLES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 37849015920     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm508     Document Type: Article

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