Weighing the risks and benefits of cardiac imaging with ionizing radiation

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 528-535

  Gerber, Thomas C ^a   Gibbons, Raymond J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; coronary artery disease; myocardial perfusion imaging; radiation dose and risk; therapy

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EDITORIAL; GENETICS; HEART FUNCTION TEST; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956050676     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.03.003     Document Type: Review

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