Improving safety in the electrophysiology laboratory using a simple radiation dose reduction strategy: A study of 1007 radiofrequency ablation procedures

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 366-370

  Rogers, Dominic P S ^a   England, Fiona ^a   Lozhkin, Konstantin ^a   Lowe, Martin D ^a   Lambiase, Pier D ^a   Chow, Anthony W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER MODEL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751531731     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.204222     Document Type: Article

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