{"id":22744,"date":"2017-12-20T15:47:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T10:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=22744"},"modified":"2022-11-28T08:23:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T02:53:57","slug":"reduce-radiation-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/reduce-radiation-exposure\/","title":{"rendered":"Measures to reduce radiation exposure during interventional procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aeiidE61sDo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>Measures to reduce radiation exposure during interventional procedures<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Important measures to reduce radiation exposure include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lower the rate of fluoroscopy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Minimize the use of cinefluoroscopy which has 10 times higher radiation dose<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Proper use of collimation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maximize the distance between the operator and X-ray source<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Doubling the distance reduces exposure to one fourth<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Avoid left anterior oblique projection which gives maximum scatter radiation to operators<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These measures are in addition to routine precautions of using lead apron, thyroid shield, lead glasses, radiation protection caps and if available, lead shields for the legs. Hanging lead shields protect scatter from the image intensifier. Lead shields below the table reduces radiation from the X-ray source. Personal dosimeters should always be used and real time dosimeters if available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Reference<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">El-Sayed T, Patel AS, Cho JS, Kelly JA, Ludwinski FE, Saha P, Lyons OT, Smith A, Modarai B; Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 Cardiovascular Research Collaborative.<b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29054934\">Radiation-Induced DNA Damage in Operators Performing Endovascular Aortic Repair<\/a>. Circulation. 2017;136:2406-2416.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Measures to reduce radiation exposure during interventional procedures Important measures to reduce radiation exposure include: Lower the rate of fluoroscopy Minimize the use of cinefluoroscopy which has 10 times higher radiation dose Proper use of collimation Maximize the distance between the operator and X-ray source Doubling the distance reduces exposure to one fourth Avoid left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2384,3255],"class_list":["post-22744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-angiography-and-interventions","tag-minimize-use-of-cinefluoroscopy","tag-reduce-radiation-exposure"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized 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