Exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation from cardiac imaging among patients with myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-35

  Lawler, Patrick R ^a,b   Afilalo, Jonathan ^a,b   Eisenberg, Mark J ^a,b,c   Pilote, Louise ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW DOSE IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SHOCK;

AGED; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; QUEBEC; RADIATION, IONIZING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 83555168200     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.07.065     Document Type: Article

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