Radiation monitoring in interventional cardiology: a requirement

The increasing of procedures using fluoroscopy in interventional cardiology procedures may increase medical and patients to levels of radiation that manifest in unintended outcomes. Such outcomes may include skin injury and cancer. The cardiologists and other staff members in interventional cardiolo...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2017-01, Vol.792 (1), p.12098
Main Authors: Rivera, T., Uruchurtu, E. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiology
Control methods
Direct reduction
Fluoroscopy
Hemodynamics
Medical personnel
Monitoring
Physics
Radiation
Radiation dosage
Radiation measurement
Risk management
Skin injuries
Stents
Telemedicine
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Summary:The increasing of procedures using fluoroscopy in interventional cardiology procedures may increase medical and patients to levels of radiation that manifest in unintended outcomes. Such outcomes may include skin injury and cancer. The cardiologists and other staff members in interventional cardiology are usually working close to the area under examination and they receive the dose primarily from scattered radiation from the patient. Mexico does not have a formal policy for monitoring and recording the radiation dose delivered in hemodynamic establishments. Deterministic risk management can be improved by monitoring the radiation delivered from X-ray devices. The objective of this paper is to provide cardiologist, techniques, nurses, and all medical staff an information on DR levels, about X-ray risks and a simple a reliable method to control cumulative dose.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/792/1/012098