Cumulative radiation dose and radiation risk from medical imaging in patients subjected to endovascular aortic aneurysm repair

Conclusions EVAR patients received high radiation doses and the excess cancer risk attributable to radiation exposure is not negligible. The unenhanced scan and the venous phase of the MDCT angiography could have been omitted without compromising the utility of the examination and with a significant reduction of doses and associated risks.
Source: La Radiologia Medica - Category: Radiology Source Type: research