Minimizing Radiation-Why Aren't We Down to Zero?

Alan Sugrue¹, Katherine Y Le¹, Patrick Dearani¹, Samuel J Asirvatham^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Heart Rhythm Services, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
² Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

Comment

Alan Sugrue et al. J Innov Card Rhythm Manag. 2018.

. 2018 Aug 15;9(8):3271-3273.

doi: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090807. eCollection 2018 Aug.

Alan Sugrue¹, Katherine Y Le¹, Patrick Dearani¹, Samuel J Asirvatham^{1

2}

¹ Division of Heart Rhythm Services, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
² Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Augmented reality; radiation; virtual reality; zero fluoroscopy.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest for the published content.

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