Invasive Cardiologists Are Exposed to Greater Left Sided Cranial Radiation: The BRAIN Study (Brain Radiation Exposure and Attenuation During Invasive Cardiology Procedures).

Reeves, Ryan R; Ang, Lawrence; Bahadorani, John; Naghi, Jesse J; Dominguez, Arturo Ricardo; Palakodeti, Vachaspathi; Tsimikas, Sotirios; Patel, Mitul P.; Mahmud, Ehtisham

doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2015.03.027

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Invasive Cardiologists Are Exposed to Greater Left Sided Cranial Radiation: The BRAIN Study (Brain Radiation Exposure and Attenuation During Invasive Cardiology Procedures).

Author(s): Ryan R Reeves, Lawrence Ang, John Bahadorani, Jesse J Naghi, Arturo Dominguez, Vachaspathi Palakodeti, Sotirios Tsimikas, Mitul Patel, Ehtisham Mahmud

Publication date: 2015-08-17

Journal: JACC. Cardiovascular interventions

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Keywords: fluoroscopy, fellow, radiation exposure, invasive cardiology

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Abstract

This study sought to determine radiation exposure across the cranium of cardiologists and the protective ability of a nonlead, XPF (barium sulfate/bismuth oxide) layered cap (BLOXR, Salt Lake City, Utah) during fluoroscopically guided, invasive cardiovascular (CV) procedures.