Cardiac imaging: Does radiation matter?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 573-578

  Einstein, Andrew J ^a   Knuuti, Juhani ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Ionizing radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 83755187749     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr281     Document Type: Review

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