Ionizing radiation risks of cardiac imaging: Estimates of the immeasurable

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-271

  Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,b   Knuuti, Juhani ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79551707047     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq298     Document Type: Note

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