Patient Body Mass Index and Physician Radiation Dose During Coronary Angiography: Is the Obesity Epidemic Impacting the Occupational Risk of Physicians in the Catheterization Laboratory?

BACKGROUND:Consistent with the increasing prevalence of obesity in the general population, obesity has become more prevalent among patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. This study evaluated the association between patient body mass index (BMI) and physician radiation dose during coronary angi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 2019-01, Vol.12 (1), p.e006823-e006823
Hauptverfasser:	Madder, Ryan D, VanOosterhout, Stacie, Mulder, Abbey, Ten Brock, Taylor, Clarey, Austin T, Parker, Jessica L, Jacoby, Mark E
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Sprache:	eng
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