Occupational radiation doses to operators performing fluoroscopically-guided procedures

KP Kim, DL Miller, AB De Gonzalez, S Balter… - Health …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
In the past 30 y, the numbers and types of fluoroscopically-guided (FG) procedures have
increased dramatically. The objective of the present study is to provide estimated radiation …

Health effects from occupational radiation exposure among fluoroscopy-guided interventional medical workers: a systematic review

S Ko, S Kang, M Ha, J Kim, JK Jun, KA Kong… - Journal of Vascular and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A systematic review was conducted to provide an overview of the health effects of
occupational radiation exposure from interventional fluoroscopy procedures on medical …

Near-zero x-ray in arrhythmia ablation using a 3-dimensional electroanatomic mapping system: a multicenter experience

M Giaccardi, A Del Rosso, V Guarnaccia, P Ballo… - Heart Rhythm, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Radiation exposure related to conventional tachyarrhythmia radiofrequency
catheter ablation (RFCA) carries small but not negligible stochastic and deterministic effects …

Ionizing radiation exposure and basal cell carcinoma pathogenesis

C Li, M Athar - Radiation research, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
This commentary summarizes studies showing risk of basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
development in relationship to environmental, occupational and therapeutic exposure to …

[HTML][HTML] Radiation in gastroenterology

M Ahmed, R Ahmed - Gastroenterology Research, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The benefit of radiation is immense in the field of gastroenterology. Radiation is used daily in
different gastrointestinal imaging and diagnostic and therapeutic interventional procedures …

Zero x-ray cardiac resynchronization therapy device implantation guided by a nonfluoroscopic mapping system: a pilot study

A Colella, M Giaccardi, T Colella, PA Modesti - Heart Rhythm, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Fluoroscopic guidance is the standard tool used in device implantation. This
means that both the patient and the operator are exposed to radiation, which may …

Evaluation of radiation dose to the lens in interventional cardiology physicians before and after dose limit regulation changes

K Sagehashi, Y Haga, S Takahira… - Journal of …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In response to the International Commission on Radiological Protection, which lowered the
lens equivalent dose limit, Japan lowered the lens dose limit from 150 mSv y− 1 to 100 …

Interventional cardiologists: Beware and be aware: An updated report of radiation‐induced cutaneous cancers

JT Eagan Jr, CT Jones… - Catheterization and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We describe 5 years of follow‐up of a previously reported case of disabling ionizing
radiation (IR)‐related cutaneous cancer in a high‐volume interventional cardiologist. This …

Radiation doses to operators in hepatobiliary interventional procedures

S Degiorgio, R Gerasia, F Liotta, L Maruzzelli… - CardioVascular and …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose The primary aim of this study is to provide a summary of operators' radiation doses
during hepatobiliary fluoroscopic guided procedures. In addition, patient dose in these …

Risk of radiation exposure to medical staff involved in interventional endourology

J Hristova-Popova, A Zagorska, I Saltirov… - Radiation protection …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The aim is to estimate the possibility the new annual dose limit for eye lens to be exceeded
and to study the impact of protective shield. Radiation exposure to medical personnel was …