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Patient doses in interventional cardiology

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death in Spain. The most usual procedures in interventional cardiology are coronariography and PTCA. The first is a diagnostic technique, and the second one is interventional. Our goal has been to study procedures made during the first six months in the Interventional Cardiology Unit of the Juan Ramon Jimenez Hospital (Huelva-Spain), taking into account radiation protection issues. We have studied 178 patients; 145 of them underwent coronariography, and 33 of the patients had PTCA too. Every case was analyzed taking into account technical and dosimetric parameters. We show parameters values gathered: Diagnostic techniques (valvular and non-valvular patients), and interventional techniques (coronariography and PTCA in different or in the same intervention). Higher doses were obtained with valvular patients, although the number of frames was similar. Attending to therapeutic procedures, the highest values were gotten with the 'double' interventions. Interventional procedures exceed in 60% doses gotten in diagnostic studies: this is because of the number of series and number of frames per series. Similar values obtained by other authors have been gotten. (author)
Authors:
Carrera, F; [1]  Ojeda, C; Ruiz-Cruces, R; Francisco Diaz, J; [2]  Sanchez, A; Tort, I [1] 
  1. Grupo de Investigacion en Proteccion Radiologica de la Universidad de Malaga, Malaga (Spain)
  2. Area Hospitalaria Juan Ramon Jimenez de Huelva, Huelva (Spain)
Publication Date:
Mar 01, 2001
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-CSP-7/P; IAEA-CN-85-200
Reference Number:
EDB-01:078266
Resource Relation:
Conference: International conference on radiological protection of patients in diagnostic and interventional radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy, Malaga (Spain), 26-30 Mar 2001; Other Information: 21 refs, 3 tabs; PBD: Mar 2001; Related Information: In: Radiological protection of patients in diagnostic and interventional radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy. Contributed papers, C and S papers series no. 7/P, 916 pages.
Subject:
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; CARDIOGRAPHY; CHEST; HOSPITALS; PATIENTS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION PROTECTION
OSTI ID:
20185710
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria); European Commission, Brussels (Belgium); Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC (United States); World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
Spanish
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISSN 1563-0153; TRN: XA0101643039866
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 244-249
Announcement Date:
Sep 14, 2001

Citation Formats

Carrera, F, Ojeda, C, Ruiz-Cruces, R, Francisco Diaz, J, Sanchez, A, and Tort, I. Patient doses in interventional cardiology. IAEA: N. p., 2001. Web.
Carrera, F, Ojeda, C, Ruiz-Cruces, R, Francisco Diaz, J, Sanchez, A, & Tort, I. Patient doses in interventional cardiology. IAEA.
Carrera, F, Ojeda, C, Ruiz-Cruces, R, Francisco Diaz, J, Sanchez, A, and Tort, I. 2001. "Patient doses in interventional cardiology." IAEA.
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title = {Patient doses in interventional cardiology}
author = {Carrera, F, Ojeda, C, Ruiz-Cruces, R, Francisco Diaz, J, Sanchez, A, and Tort, I}
abstractNote = {Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death in Spain. The most usual procedures in interventional cardiology are coronariography and PTCA. The first is a diagnostic technique, and the second one is interventional. Our goal has been to study procedures made during the first six months in the Interventional Cardiology Unit of the Juan Ramon Jimenez Hospital (Huelva-Spain), taking into account radiation protection issues. We have studied 178 patients; 145 of them underwent coronariography, and 33 of the patients had PTCA too. Every case was analyzed taking into account technical and dosimetric parameters. We show parameters values gathered: Diagnostic techniques (valvular and non-valvular patients), and interventional techniques (coronariography and PTCA in different or in the same intervention). Higher doses were obtained with valvular patients, although the number of frames was similar. Attending to therapeutic procedures, the highest values were gotten with the 'double' interventions. Interventional procedures exceed in 60% doses gotten in diagnostic studies: this is because of the number of series and number of frames per series. Similar values obtained by other authors have been gotten. (author)}
place = {IAEA}
year = {2001}
month = {Mar}
}