Effective radiation dose of three diagnostic tests in cardiology: Single photon emission computed tomography, invasive coronary angiography and cardiac computed tomography angiography

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 981-986

  De Araújo Gonçalves, Pedro ^a,b,c   Sousa, Pedro Jerónimo ^a,c   Calé, Rita ^d   Marques, Hugo ^c   Dos Santos, Miguel Borges ^a   Dias, André ^a   Dores, Hélder ^a   Carvalho, Maria Salomé ^a   Ventosa, António ^a   Martins, Teresa ^a   Teles, Rui Campante ^a   Almeida, Manuel ^a   Mendes, Miguel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

^b NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DA LUZ   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiac computed tomography; Invasive coronary angiography; Ionizing radiation; Obesity; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; REGISTER; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

AGED; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893666825     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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