Cancer risk related to low-dose ionizing radiation from cardiac imaging in patients after acute myocardial infarction

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 430-436

  Eisenberg, Mark J ^a,b,c   Afilalo, Jonathan ^a,b   Lawler, Patrick R ^b   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^c,d   Richard, Hugues ^d   Pilote, Louise ^b,c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CARDIAC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952328203     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100463     Document Type: Article

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