Key result
French radiation dose benchmarks for EP and pacing match or fall below previously published values.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to set national dose interventional reference levels for adults undergoing the most common cardiac electrophysiology and pacing procedures.
Observational
Yes
This French multicenter survey establishes national interventional reference levels for radiation dose and fluoroscopy time during common electrophysiology and pacing procedures.
Provides national radiation safety benchmarks for electrophysiology procedures; leaves open prospective validation before routine adoption.
PURPOSE: To set national dose interventional reference levels (IRLs) for adults undergoing the most common cardiac electrophysiology and pacing procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: ) and fluoroscopy time (T) were recorded for 10 to 30 patients per procedure and per centre. IRLs were calculated as the 3rd quartiles and medians of distributions. RESULTS: and 15.5 min). For all ablations, the main energy source used was radiofrequency (>75% of procedures). For most procedures, the IRLs proposed were close to most of those already published, or lower. CONCLUSION: This national multicentre study reports IRLs for the most common image-guided interventional cardiac electrophysiology and pacing procedures.
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Greffier et al. (2026) conducted an observational in Cardiac electrophysiology and pacing procedures. Image-guided interventional cardiac electrophysiology and pacing procedures was evaluated on Interventional reference levels (IRLs) for radiation dose and fluoroscopy time. National dose interventional reference levels for common cardiac electrophysiology and pacing procedures in France were established and found to be close to or lower than previously published values.
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