James L. Januzzi, Jr, MD, FACC Luis C. Afonso, MBBS, FACC Brendan Everett, MD, FACC Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS, FACC William Hucker, MD, PhD Hani Jneid, MD, FACC Dharam Kumbhani, MD, SM, FACC Joseph Edward Marine, MD, FACC Pamela Bowe Morris, MD, FACC Robert N. Piana, MD, FACC Karol E.
“This document was developed to be an accessible information source for cardiovascular practitioners, to give them a way to sit down and spend an evening reading and coming away knowing a lot more about radiation exposure and about the various [imaging] tests that they employ.”
Hirshfeld et al. (2018) studied this question. Multi-society expert consensus guidelines establish best practices for the optimal, safe, and effective use of ionizing radiation in cardiovascular imaging.