The contribution of interventional cardiology procedures to the population radiation dose in a 'health-care level I' representative region.
Radiat Prot Dosimetry
; 168(2): 261-70, 2016 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
This study evaluates per-procedure, collective and per capita effective dose to the population by interventional cardiology (IC) procedures performed during 2002-11 at the main hospital of Aosta Valley Region that can be considered as representative of the health-care level I countries, as defined by the UNSCEAR, based on its socio-demographic characteristics. IC procedures investigated were often multiple procedures in patients older than 60 y. The median extreme dose-area product values of 300 and 22 908 cGycm(2) were found for standard pacemaker implantation and coronary angioplasty, respectively, while the relative mean per-procedure effective dose ranged from 0.7 to 47 mSv. A 3-fold increase in frequency has been observed together with a correlated increase in the delivered per capita dose (0.05-0.27 mSv y(-1)) and the collective dose (5.8-35 man Sv y(-1)). Doses increased particularly from 2008 onwards mainly because of the introduction of coronary angioplasty procedures in the authors' institution. IC practice contributed remarkably in terms of effective dose to the population, delivering â¼10% of the total dose by medical ionising radiation examination categories.
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Asunto principal:
Cardiología
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Enfermedades Cardiovasculares
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Angioplastia Coronaria con Balón
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Radiografía Intervencional
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Angiografía Coronaria
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
Radiat Prot Dosimetry
Año:
2016
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Article
País de afiliación:
Italia