Radiation exposure and safety for the electrophysiologist topical collection on invasive electrophysiology and pacing

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Ernst, Sabine ^a   Castellano, Isabel ^b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catheter intervention; Electrophysiology; Radiation exposure; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; SAFETY;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84896586783     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-013-0402-2     Document Type: Article

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