TY - JOUR
T1 - Occupational and patient exposure in coronary angiography procedures
AU - Sulieman, A.
AU - Alzimami, K.
AU - Gafar, R.
AU - Babikir, E.
AU - Alsafi, K.
AU - Suliman, I. I.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to extend their sincere appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for its funding of this research through the Research Group project no. RGP-VPP-246 . Dr Sulieman extends his appreciation to the Abdus Salam Intenational Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) .
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - Cardiac catheterization is the gold standard in the diagnosis and management of coronary artery diseases. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the radiation dose of patients and staff during cardiology procedures. Staff was monitored using thermoluminescence dosimeter (TLD) chips for 86 procedures. The mean patient dose was 2813.6μGym2 and the mean fluoroscopic time was 4.8min. The mean radiation doses for cardiologists were 0.9mGy for the forehead, 0.92mGy for the thyroid, 1.38mGy for the chest, 1.28mGy for the waist and 1.41mGy for the hand. The mean radiation doses for assistants were 0.72mGy for the chest, 0.82mGy for the hand. High patient and staff exposure is due to lack of experience and protective equipment, exacerbated by a high workload. Interventional procedures remain operator dependent; therefore, continuous training is crucial.
AB - Cardiac catheterization is the gold standard in the diagnosis and management of coronary artery diseases. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the radiation dose of patients and staff during cardiology procedures. Staff was monitored using thermoluminescence dosimeter (TLD) chips for 86 procedures. The mean patient dose was 2813.6μGym2 and the mean fluoroscopic time was 4.8min. The mean radiation doses for cardiologists were 0.9mGy for the forehead, 0.92mGy for the thyroid, 1.38mGy for the chest, 1.28mGy for the waist and 1.41mGy for the hand. The mean radiation doses for assistants were 0.72mGy for the chest, 0.82mGy for the hand. High patient and staff exposure is due to lack of experience and protective equipment, exacerbated by a high workload. Interventional procedures remain operator dependent; therefore, continuous training is crucial.
KW - Cardiac catheterisation
KW - Effective dose
KW - Occupational exposure
KW - Radiation risk
KW - Thermoluminescence dosimeters
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U2 - 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2013.12.028
DO - 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2013.12.028
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84905975603
SN - 0969-806X
VL - 104
SP - 68
EP - 71
JO - Radiation Physics and Chemistry
JF - Radiation Physics and Chemistry
ER -