Why the study?
Does additional lead shielding reduce physician radiation dose during cardiac interventional procedures?
Population
Physicians performing cardiac interventional procedures (cardiac IVR) and a human phantom model
Comparison
Additional lead shielding devices vs Without additional lead shielding
Authors
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Shielding yielded non-significant dose reduction; leaves open whether it meaningfully protects operators during cardiac interventions.
Does additional lead shielding reduce physician radiation dose during cardiac interventional procedures?
Additional lead shielding during cardiac interventional procedures reduced estimated physician radiation dose, though the reduction was lower than expected and did not reach statistical significance.
Chida et al. (2005) studied this question.
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