High patient doses in interventional cardiology due to physicians' negligence: How can they be prevented?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 67-70

  Mavrikou, I ^a   Kottou, S ^b   Tsapaki, V ^c   Neofotistou, V ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEGLIGENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE VALUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; CARDIOLOGY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALPRACTICE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; STANDARD;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 55249124303     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn005     Document Type: Article

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