Radiation dose reduction in the cardiac catheterization laboratory utilizing a novel protocol

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 550-557

  Wassef, Anthony W A ^a   Hiebert, Brett ^a   Ravandi, Amir ^a   Ducas, John ^a   Minhas, Kunal ^a   Vo, Minh ^a   Kass, Malek ^a   Parmar, Gurpreet ^a   Hussain, Farrukh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

diagnostic coronary angiography; frame rate; percutaneous coronary intervention; radiation; x ray

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FLUOROSCOPY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84901375738     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.11.022     Document Type: Article

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