Impact of biplane versus single-plane imaging on radiation dose, contrast load and procedural time in coronary angioplasty

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 989, 2010, Pages 379-393

  Sadick, V ^a,b   Reed, W ^d   Collins, L ^d   Sadick, N ^a   Heard, R ^c   Robinson, J ^d  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPLANE IMAGING; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINGLE PLANE IMAGING; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951585116     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/21696839     Document Type: Article

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