portable radiation shielding systems. For hospital administrators, Abudayyeh said the allocation of funds for this type of equipment to keep staff safe in the cath lab has been shown to help both with ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

"We must act now to implement stronger protections for interventional cardiologists and cath lab staff to ensure ... the adoption of new shielding technologies, reducing reliance on heavy lead aprons, ...

We must act now to implement stronger protections for interventional cardiologists and cath lab ... shielding technologies, reducing reliance on heavy lead aprons, and expanding formal radiation ...

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 ...