Determinants of Greater Peak radiation skin dose in percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion.

CONCLUSIONS: A large BSA and high J-CTO score were significantly associated with excess PSD. It is important to pay special attention to CTO patients who have a large BSA and/or high J-CTO score to reduce patient's PSD.
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Source: Journal of Cardiology - March 16, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yamamoto K, Sakakura K, Hamamoto K, Hasegawa H, Tsukui T, Seguchi M, Taniguchi Y, Wada H, Momomura SI, Fujita H Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research