Patient Body Mass Index and Physician Radiation Dose During Coronary Angiography | Zendy

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Patient Body Mass Index and Physician Radiation Dose During Coronary Angiography

Author(s) -

Ryan D. Madder,

Stacie VanOosterhout,

Abbey Mulder,

Taylor Ten Brock,

Austin T. Clarey,

Jessica Parker,

Mark Jacoby

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular interventions

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621

H-Index - 95

eISSN - 1941-7632

pISSN - 1941-7640

DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.118.006823

Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , effective dose (radiation) , coronary angiography , radiation dose , dose area product , population , nuclear medicine , angiography , radiology , myocardial infarction , environmental health

Among coronary angiography procedures, increasing patient BMI was associated with a significant increase in physician radiation dose. Additional studies are needed to determine whether patient obesity might have adverse effects on physicians, in the form of increased radiation doses during coronary angiography.

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