Radiation doses and somatic risk to patients during cardiac radiological procedures.
Faulkner, K Love, H G Sweeney, J K Bardsley, R A
Faulkner, K
Love, H G
Sweeney, J K
Bardsley, R A
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The radiation dose to a series of adult and paediatric patients undergoing cardiac catheterisations and adults having percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty has been measured/determined directly using lithium fluoride thermoluminescent dosemeters and indirectly using an air ionisation chamber which indicated exposure-area product. Somatic and genetic risks are estimated from the dosimetry results. It is suggested that the magnitude of the radiation hazard is negligible compared with other clinical hazards associated with these procedures.
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1986-04
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Radiation doses and somatic risk to patients during cardiac radiological procedures. 1986, 59 (700):359-63 Br J Radiol