TY - JOUR
T1 - X-ray exposure hazards for physicians performing ablation procedures and device implantation
T2 - results of the European Heart Rhythm Association survey
AU - Marinskis, Germanas
AU - Bongiorni, Maria Grazia
AU - Dagres, Nikolaos
AU - Lewalter, Thorsten
AU - Pison, Laurent
AU - Blomstrom-Lundqvist, Carina
AU - Scientific Initiative Committee, European Heart Rhythm Association
AU - Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - The purpose of the survey was to evaluate physician's and authorities policies and clinical practices when using occupational X-ray during ablation procedures and device implantation. This survey shows infrequent use of lead gloves, radiation absorbing pads, and lead glass cabins, but increasing use of three-dimensional mapping systems to decrease X-ray radiation hazards. Digital fluoroscopy with decreased frame rate is not used by approximately one-third of responding centres.
AB - The purpose of the survey was to evaluate physician's and authorities policies and clinical practices when using occupational X-ray during ablation procedures and device implantation. This survey shows infrequent use of lead gloves, radiation absorbing pads, and lead glass cabins, but increasing use of three-dimensional mapping systems to decrease X-ray radiation hazards. Digital fluoroscopy with decreased frame rate is not used by approximately one-third of responding centres.
KW - Catheter Ablation
KW - Defibrillators, Implantable
KW - Europe
KW - Fluoroscopy
KW - Guideline Adherence
KW - Health Surveys
KW - Humans
KW - Occupational Exposure
KW - Occupational Health
KW - Pacemaker, Artificial
KW - Physician's Practice Patterns
KW - Practice Guidelines as Topic
KW - Prosthesis Implantation
KW - Protective Clothing
KW - Radiation Dosage
KW - Radiation Protection
KW - Radiography, Interventional
KW - Risk Assessment
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Societies, Medical
U2 - 10.1093/europace/eut022
DO - 10.1093/europace/eut022
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23388183
SN - 1099-5129
VL - 15
SP - 444
EP - 446
JO - Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
JF - Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
IS - 3
ER -