Proposed preliminary diagnostic reference levels for three common interventional cardiology procedures in Ireland

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 63-66

  D'Helft, Catherine ^a   Mcgee, A ^a   Rainford, L ^a   McFadden, S ^b   Winder, J ^b   Hughes, C ^b   Brennan, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; REFERENCE VALUE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IRELAND; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 55249102186     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn048     Document Type: Article

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