Why the study?
What is the effective radiation dose and associated cancer risk from fluoroscopy during radiofrequency cardiac ablation?
Population
24 patients undergoing radiofrequency (RF) cardiac ablation
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May warrant fluoroscopy minimization during ablation; leaves open prospective confirmation of cancer risk estimates.
What is the effective radiation dose and associated cancer risk from fluoroscopy during radiofrequency cardiac ablation?
Radiation risk from RF cardiac ablation is moderate compared with other complications but can highly exceed that of common radiological procedures, resulting in an effective dose of 8.3 mSv per hour of fluoroscopy.
Perisinakis et al. (2001) studied this question.
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