Reference levels at European level for cardiac interventional procedures

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 104-107

  Padovani, Renato ^a   Vano, E ^b   Trianni, A ^a   Bokou, C ^c   Bosmans, H ^d   Bor, D ^e   Jankowski, J ^f   Torbica, P ^g   Kepler, K ^h   Dowling, A ⁱ   Milu, C ^j   Tsapaki, V ^k   Salat, D ^l   Vassileva, J ^m   Faulkner, K ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b S Carlos University Hospital   (Spain)

^c Luxembourg Hospital   (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

ⁱ ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^j Institute of Public Health Iasi   (Romania)

^k IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^l QA Department   (Slovakia)

^m National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

ⁿ QARC   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOSIMETRY; EUROPE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOLOGIST; REFERENCE VALUE; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; STANDARD;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 55249092932     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn039     Document Type: Article

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