This report from the British Cardiac Society emphasizes the need for adequate radiation protection training and practices for cardiologists performing interventional procedures.
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Requires routine radiation protection training for interventional cardiologists; extends consensus guidelines on minimizing occupational exposure.
In 1988 a Working Party of the Cardiology Committee of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Radiologists issued a short report Radiation Protection as Applied to Cardiology. This report stressed the importance of adequate training in radiation pro- tection and appropriate working practice. In the report the introduction of interventional procedures was identified as a cause of some concern. Interventional techniques such as angioplasty, balloon dilatation of valves, and catheter ablation are now commonly used. Recent reports of the exposure of cardiologists/radiologists to high levels of radiation during some of these procedures have prompted the British Cardiac Society to com- mission the present report.
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