Radiation Safety During Interventions of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion.

Radiation Safety During Interventions of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion. Curr Cardiol Rev. 2015 Sep 9; Authors: Tran P, Phan H, Shah SR, Latif F, Nguyen T Abstract During percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO), prolonged procedures increase the risk of excessive radiation exposure. These situations harbor a major concern to protect patients and personnel in the cardiac interventional laboratory (CCL). Important questions regarding radiation safety for interventional cardiologists performing PCI for CTO lesions are discussed and concrete applications are suggested. PMID: 26354509 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Cardiology Reviews - Category: Cardiology Tags: Curr Cardiol Rev Source Type: research