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Abstract
This paper provides an overview of radiation exposure and its associated risks in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory (cath lab), as well as strategies to minimise radiation exposure for operators, cath lab staff and patients. The benefits of using a mobile 2 mm lead equivalent radiation shield (PISAX) and adoption of an automated contrast injection system (the ACIST CVi® Contrast Delivery System) are discussed, and the potential advantages of their combination are reviewed.Entities:
Keywords: ACIST CVi®; PISAX; catheterisation; combination approaches; contrast delivery system; occupational radiation; radiation protection
Year: 2013 PMID: 29588748 PMCID: PMC5808475 DOI: 10.15420/icr.2013.8.1.36
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Interv Cardiol ISSN: 1756-1485