Radiation dose reduction in the invasive cardiovascular laboratory: Implementing a culture and philosophy of radiation safety

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 866-873

  Fetterly, Kenneth A ^a   Mathew, Verghese ^a   Lennon, Ryan ^a   Bell, Malcolm R ^a   Holmes, David R ^a   Rihal, Charanjit S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

dose reduction; radiation dose; radiation safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHILOSOPHY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION SAFETY; STAFF; TRAINING; X RAY;

EID: 84865310261     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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