Accurate Assessment of Patient Effective Radiation Dose and Associated Detriment Risk From Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Procedures
- 3 July 2001
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 104 (1) , 58-62
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hc2601.091710
Abstract
Background—Radiofrequency (RF) cardiac catheter ablation procedures may require extended fluoroscopic exposure resulting in elevated radiation risk. The aim of the present study was to accurately e...Keywords
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