Affiliation:
1. Unit of Interventional Cardiology, Department of Cardiology Sant'Andrea University Hospital Rome Italy
Abstract
Key Points
Along with the implementation of protection devices and procedural techniques, optimizing fluoroscopic protocols is a crucial step to reduce radiation dose to cath‐lab operators
According to this retrospective study, using an ultra‐low dose fluoroscopy protocol (3.75 frames per second) is a simple, effective, and safe way to reduce radiation exposure during chronic total occlusion‐percutaneous coronary intervention
Low dose fluoroscopy protocols should be implemented in clinical practice as long as image quality and procedural success rate are not affected
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine