Radiation Exposure in Cardiac Catheterization: Operator Behavior Matters

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (T.K., J.W.H.); and Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, University of Pennsylvania (T.K.).
² From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (T.K., J.W.H.); and Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, University of Pennsylvania (T.K.). hirshfel@mail.med.upenn.edu.

Editorial

Taisei Kobayashi et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Aug.

. 2017 Aug;10(8):e005689.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.117.005689.

¹ From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (T.K., J.W.H.); and Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, University of Pennsylvania (T.K.).
² From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (T.K., J.W.H.); and Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, University of Pennsylvania (T.K.). hirshfel@mail.med.upenn.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; angiography; fluoroscopy; occupational exposure; radiation; x-ray.

Comment on

Time-Course Reduction in Patient Exposure to Radiation From Coronary Interventional Procedures: The Greater Paris Area Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Registry.
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