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Improved equipment used by knowledgeable operators does reduce radiation
Author(s) -
Balter Stephen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.27085
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation exposure , exploit , fluoroscopy , reduction (mathematics) , medical physics , radiation , radiation protection , radiology , reliability engineering , operations management , nuclear medicine , computer security , computer science , optics , physics , geometry , mathematics , engineering , economics
Key Points Improvements in fluoroscopic equipment design and configuration facilitates radiation reduction. Operators should exploit improved equipment and fully apply procedural radiation management techniques. Less radiation did not impair the success rate of treating complex CTO lesions.