Marzia Giaccardi1, Matteo Anselmino2, Maurizio Del Greco3, Giuseppe Mascia4, Alessandro Paoletti Perini1, Paola Mascia5, Gaetano Maria De Ferrari2, Eugenio Picano6. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Electrophysiology Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy. 2. Department of Medical Sciences, Division of Cardiology, "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino" Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. 3. Department of Cardiology, APSS, Rovereto Hospital, Trento, Italy. 4. Department of Internal Medicine (DIMI) Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Genoa, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy. 5. Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Section of Dermatology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. 6. CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The awareness of radiation doses and risks, also during interventional cardiology procedures, is essential today in order to apply the risk-benefit assessment and to reinforce the principles of justification and optimisation in clinical practice. METHODS: A voluntary survey with 10 questions and multiple-choice answers was run on a popular cardiology website (www.cardiolink.it) independently by a scientific publisher, in order to evaluate the contemporary level of radiation awareness in a multi-speciality sample of physicians in Italy. RESULTS: One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one physicians completed the test. The survey showed good results since both prescribers and practitioners (mostly cardiologists) working in Italy are largely aware of the cancer and non-cancer risks of medical radiation use, regardless of their subspecialty background. CONCLUSION: Physicians are largely aware of the cancer and non-cancer risks of medical radiation use, regardless of their subspecialty background. However, there is still broad space for improvement; in the future, the awareness of radiation risk is a prerequisite to create a culture of respect for radiation hazard and a commitment to minimise exposure and maximise protection.
INTRODUCTION: The awareness of radiation doses and risks, also during interventional cardiology procedures, is essential today in order to apply the risk-benefit assessment and to reinforce the principles of justification and optimisation in clinical practice. METHODS: A voluntary survey with 10 questions and multiple-choice answers was run on a popular cardiology website (www.cardiolink.it) independently by a scientific publisher, in order to evaluate the contemporary level of radiation awareness in a multi-speciality sample of physicians in Italy. RESULTS: One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one physicians completed the test. The survey showed good results since both prescribers and practitioners (mostly cardiologists) working in Italy are largely aware of the cancer and non-cancer risks of medical radiation use, regardless of their subspecialty background. CONCLUSION: Physicians are largely aware of the cancer and non-cancer risks of medical radiation use, regardless of their subspecialty background. However, there is still broad space for improvement; in the future, the awareness of radiation risk is a prerequisite to create a culture of respect for radiation hazard and a commitment to minimise exposure and maximise protection.
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Radiation dose; Survey; cancer risk; cardiac electrophysiologist; radiation risk; zero fluoroscopy
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