2004-02-13
Radiation Safety during Interventional Procedures:
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Stralingsveiligheid tijdens interventionele ingrepen
Abstract
In interventional cardiology revascularization procedures are on the increase and as such the x-ray radiation dose, used per procedure. The recent introduction of new technologies, e.g. the drug eluting stent, has led to a treatment shift. An increasing number of patients with multi-vessel disease, smaller coronary arteries and diabetes, who previously underwent surgery, now undergo a percutaneous coronary intervention. The worldwide increase in percutaneous coronary interventions is described in Chapter 1. While a coronary intervention can be lifesaving, there is no limit to either the investigation or the radiation time. Therefore this result in an increase in the x-ray radiation dose to the patient, and a higher scattered radiation dose to the operator. Thus increasing both the possibility of skin damage to the patient and consequences to the operator.
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J.R.T.C. Roelandt (Jos) | |
Erasmus University Rotterdam | |
Financial support by the Netherlands Heart Foundation for the publication of this thesis is gratefully acknowledged. | |
hdl.handle.net/1765/51239 | |
Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
den Boer, A. (2004, February 13). Radiation Safety during Interventional Procedures:. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/51239 |