Editorial: Radiation risk from pediatric cardiac catheterization: Friendly fire on children with congenital heart disease

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1847-1849

  Andreassi, Maria Grazia ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b G Monasterio Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; EDITORIAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; X RAY; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; NOTE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CHILD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72449199519     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.904458     Document Type: Editorial

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