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Assessment of the Radiation Effects of Cardiac CT Angiography Using Protein and Genetic Biomarkers
Author(s) -
Patricia K. Nguyen,
Won Hee Lee,
Yong Fuga Li,
Wan Xing Hong,
Shijun Hu,
Charles K. F. Chan,
Grace Liang,
Ivy Nguyen,
Sang-Ging Ong,
Jared M. Churko,
Jia Wang,
Russ B. Altman,
Dominik Fleischmann,
Joseph C. Wu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.04.016
Subject(s) - interquartile range , dna damage , medicine , apoptosis , dna repair , nuclear medicine , pathology , dna , biology , genetics
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether radiation exposure from cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is associated with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage and whether damage leads to programmed cell death and activation of genes involved in apoptosis and DNA repair.

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