Real-World Estimated Effective Radiation Doses From Commonly Used Cardiac Testing and Procedural Modalities

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 613-618

  Scott Moncrieff, Andrew ^a   Yang, Jiao ^a   Levine, Daniel ^a   Taylor, Carolyn ^a   Tso, David ^a   Johnson, Mark ^a   Heilbron, Brett ^a   Leipsic, Jonathan ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIAC IMAGING; CATHETER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 81255185489     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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