The effect of fellows' training in invasive cardiology on radiological exposure of patients

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-76

  Bernardi, Guglielmo ^a   Padovani, Renato ^a   Trianni, Annalisa ^a   Morocutti, Giorgio ^a   Spedicato, Leonardo ^a   Zanuttini, Davide ^a   Werren, Marika ^b   Wagner, Louis K ^c  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b S ANTONIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUOROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STAFF TRAINING;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOLOGY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 45149120463     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm230     Document Type: Article

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