Radiation Exposure To Patients And Cardiologists In Interventional Cardiology Procedures
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Date
2009-12
Authors
Ying, Chee Keat
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Interventional cardiology (IC) procedures are known to give high radiation
doses to patients and cardiologists as they involve long fluoroscopy time. The
objective of the study was to determine the dose received by patients and
cardiologists during interventional cardiology procedures, such as coronary
angiography (CA), percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and
CA+PTCA.
Patients and cardiologists dose measurements were carried out at the
cardiology department at the Gleneagles Medical Centre (GMC, Penang, Malaysia)
by using Kodak EDR2 films and Gafchromic XR-RV2 films. The energy
dependence, dose dependence, dose rate and dose calibration curve of both the films
were also studied.
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Keywords
Radiation Exposure To Patients And Cardiologists , Interventional Cardiology Procedures