Use of a pelvic lead shield is highly effective in reducing operator radiation exposure during coronary angiography via both radial and femoral access, according to a study published in the April 2012 ...
Physicians can dramatically reduce the radiation dose delivered to patients undergoing coronary CT angiography in a "triple rule-out" protocol by simply using tube current modulation, according to a ...
A new heart scan is faster and has lower radiation exposure than MRI and invasive angiography, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. Researchers compared three ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Although the lifetime risk of cancer associated with exposure to radiation from computerise tomographic (CT) coronary angiography is “non-negligible”, the risk varies ...