A SCAI survey found high rates of spinal injury amid signs that careers could be longer with better prevention and management ...

On the other hand, adequate use of protective clothing and shielding everybody's personal responsibility. Appropriate radiation behavior is not difficult to learn. It requires a focused learning ...

highlights ongoing radiation and orthopedic hazards faced by interventional cardiologists and cardiac catheterization laboratory (“cath lab” or CCL) staff. The survey revealed that despite ...

For the investigator-initiated ATTENUATE trial, researchers used the 11 x 34” RADPAD Orange, which Medranda calls a ...

According to a recent survey of cardiologists, 59.8% have experienced orthopedic injury due to hazardous cardiac catheterization ... the widespread use of radiation protective gear to decrease ...

The average background radiation should be calculated and used to adjust measurements taken during both the distance and shielding labs that follow. Background radiation should be subtracted from ...

Multimodality imaging in the cardiac catheterization lab continues to develop with rapid ... these imaging modalities may reduce procedural time, radiation exposure, TEE probe dwell time and ...

highlights ongoing radiation and orthopedic hazards faced by interventional cardiologists and cardiac catheterization laboratory ("cath lab" or CCL) staff. The survey revealed that despite ...