title: Radiation safety for the cardiac sonographer: recommendations of the Radiation Safety Writing Group for the Council on Cardiovascular Sonography of the American Society of Echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Elizabeth F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: McIlwain
authors.affiliation: St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Patrick D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Coon
authors.affiliation: Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Einstein
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Carol K C
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Core Lab at Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Gregory W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Natello
authors.affiliation: St Francis Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.affiliation: The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ranallo
authors.affiliation: Inside Echo, LLC, Grand Prairie, Texas.
authors.forename: Marsha L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000592:standards*; D012449:Safety / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States
keywords: American Society of Echocardiography; Cardiac sonographer; Echocardiography; Echocardiography-guided interventions; Nuclear stress test; Radiation exposure; Radiation safety; Transesophageal echocardiography–assisted fluoroscopically guided procedures