Reply to Letter to the Editor: Interventional cardiology and radiograph exposure of the head: do not forget to block scatter radiation

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, 'Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino' Hospital, University of Turin, Turin.
² Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo.
³ Clinica Montevergine, Mercogliano, Avellino.
⁴ Institute of Cardiology, Maggiore Hospital, Crema.
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Ospedale di Nostra Signora di Bonaria, San Gavino Monreale.
⁶ Cardiology Division, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo.
⁷ Cardiology Division, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericardia, Perugia.
⁸ Division of Cardiology, Policlinico Casilino, Roma, Italy.

Comment

Matteo Anselmino et al. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2022.

. 2022 Dec 1;23(12):821-822.

doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000001378.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, 'Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino' Hospital, University of Turin, Turin.
² Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo.
³ Clinica Montevergine, Mercogliano, Avellino.
⁴ Institute of Cardiology, Maggiore Hospital, Crema.
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Ospedale di Nostra Signora di Bonaria, San Gavino Monreale.
⁶ Cardiology Division, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo.
⁷ Cardiology Division, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericardia, Perugia.
⁸ Division of Cardiology, Policlinico Casilino, Roma, Italy.

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Comment on

Interventional cardiology and X-ray exposure of the head: do not forget to block scatter radiation.
Sciahbasi A, Minardi S, Salvi N. Sciahbasi A, et al. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2022 Dec 1;23(12):821. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000001381. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2022. PMID: 36349947 No abstract available.

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