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ICRP PUBLICATION 120: Radiological protection in cardiology.

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Cousins, C; Miller, DL; Bernardi, G; Rehani, MM; Schofield, P; Vañó, E; Einstein, AJ; Geiger, B; Heintz, P; Padovani, R; Sim, K-H ...
Published in: Ann ICRP
February 2013

Cardiac nuclear medicine, cardiac computed tomography (CT), interventional cardiology procedures, and electrophysiology procedures are increasing in number and account for an important share of patient radiation exposure in medicine. Complex percutaneous coronary interventions and cardiac electrophysiology procedures are associated with high radiation doses. These procedures can result in patient skin doses that are high enough to cause radiation injury and an increased risk of cancer. Treatment of congenital heart disease in children is of particular concern. Additionally, staff(1) in cardiac catheterisation laboratories may receive high doses of radiation if radiological protection tools are not used properly. The Commission provided recommendations for radiological protection during fluoroscopically guided interventions in Publication 85, for radiological protection in CT in Publications 87 and 102, and for training in radiological protection in Publication 113 (ICRP, 2000b,c, 2007a, 2009). This report is focused specifically on cardiology, and brings together information relevant to cardiology from the Commission's published documents. There is emphasis on those imaging procedures and interventions specific to cardiology. The material and recommendations in the current document have been updated to reflect the most recent recommendations of the Commission. This report provides guidance to assist the cardiologist with justification procedures and optimisation of protection in cardiac CT studies, cardiac nuclear medicine studies, and fluoroscopically guided cardiac interventions. It includes discussions of the biological effects of radiation, principles of radiological protection, protection of staff during fluoroscopically guided interventions, radiological protection training, and establishment of a quality assurance programme for cardiac imaging and intervention. As tissue injury, principally skin injury, is a risk for fluoroscopically guided interventions, particular attention is devoted to clinical examples of radiation-related skin injuries from cardiac interventions, methods to reduce patient radiation dose, training recommendations, and quality assurance programmes for interventional fluoroscopy.

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Ann ICRP

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1872-969X

Publication Date

February 2013

Volume

42

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1

Start / End Page

1 / 125

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Radiology
  • Radiation Protection
  • Radiation Monitoring
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Female
 

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Cousins, C., Miller, D. L., Bernardi, G., Rehani, M. M., Schofield, P., Vañó, E., … International Commission on Radiological Protection, . (2013). ICRP PUBLICATION 120: Radiological protection in cardiology. Ann ICRP, 42(1), 1–125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icrp.2012.09.001
Cousins, C., D. L. Miller, G. Bernardi, M. M. Rehani, P. Schofield, E. Vañó, A. J. Einstein, et al. “ICRP PUBLICATION 120: Radiological protection in cardiology.Ann ICRP 42, no. 1 (February 2013): 1–125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icrp.2012.09.001.
Cousins C, Miller DL, Bernardi G, Rehani MM, Schofield P, Vañó E, et al. ICRP PUBLICATION 120: Radiological protection in cardiology. Ann ICRP. 2013 Feb;42(1):1–125.
Cousins, C., et al. “ICRP PUBLICATION 120: Radiological protection in cardiology.Ann ICRP, vol. 42, no. 1, Feb. 2013, pp. 1–125. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.icrp.2012.09.001.
Cousins C, Miller DL, Bernardi G, Rehani MM, Schofield P, Vañó E, Einstein AJ, Geiger B, Heintz P, Padovani R, Sim K-H, International Commission on Radiological Protection. ICRP PUBLICATION 120: Radiological protection in cardiology. Ann ICRP. 2013 Feb;42(1):1–125.

Published In

Ann ICRP

DOI

EISSN

1872-969X

Publication Date

February 2013

Volume

42

Issue

1

Start / End Page

1 / 125

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Radiology
  • Radiation Protection
  • Radiation Monitoring
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Female