Radiation exposure of patient and physician during implantation and upgrade of cardiac resynchronization devices

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1003-1012

  Butter, Christian ^a   Schau, Thomas ^a   Meyhoefer, Juergen ^a   Neumann, Klaus ^a   Minden, Hans H ^a   Engelhardt, Joerg ^b  

^a Heart Center Brandenburg   (Germany)

^b Institute for Dosimetry and Radiation Protection of the Federal State of Mecklenburg West Pomerania   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy and heart failure; radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEVICE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EYE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SKIN; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 77955283390     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02765.x     Document Type: Article

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