title: Radiation dose levels during interventional cardiology procedures in a tertiary care hospital.
abstract: The aim of our investigation was to prospectively measure the patient radiation exposure from different cardiological procedures performed in the Catheterisation laboratory of the University Hospital Gasthuisberg in Leuven. The following local reference values were proposed: 40, 47 and 80 Gycm2 for coronary angiography (CA) or angioplasty (PTCA and stent implantation for elective patients), radio frequency ablation with angiographic images and CA plus ad hoc PTCA, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. octavian.dragusin@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dragusin
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Desmet
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heidbuchel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Padovani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bosmans
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D012016:Reference Values; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D014965:X-Rays