Standardizing Radiation Dose Reporting in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory—A Multicenter Study by the CCISC (Congenital Cardiovascular Interventional Study Consortium) | SCAI
Nov 1st 2014 | News & Clinical Trials

Standardizing Radiation Dose Reporting in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory—A Multicenter Study by the CCISC (Congenital Cardiovascular Interventional Study Consortium)

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In this article the reader is introduced to the concepts of standardization of radiation dose reporting based on a multi-center large registry. Given the wide variation in body size encountered in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, standardized reporting of radiation dose it critical in quality improvement and registries.  

From Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions 

All authors: Daisuke Kobayashi, MD, FSCAI;  Jeffery Meadows, MD, FSCAI; Thomas J. Forbes, MD, FSCAI; Phillip Moore, MD, MBA; Alexander J. Javois, MD, FSCAI; Carlos A. Pedra, MD, PhD; Wei Du, PhD; Daniel H. Gruenstein, MD, FSCAI; David F. Wax, MD; James A. Hill, MD; Joseph N. Graziano, MD, FSCAI; Thomas E. Fagan, MD, FSCAI; Walter Mosquera Alvarez, MD; David G. Nykanen, MD, FSCAI; and Abhay A. Divekar, MD, MBBS, FSCAI.