Radiation exposure of the thyroid at a young age is a recognized risk factor for the
development of differentiated thyroid cancer lasting for four decades and probably for a …

In the early 1990s, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received reports of
significant radiation-induced skin injuries associated with interventional fluoroscopy (2) …

A large number of investigations into the radiation doses from x-ray guided interventional
cardiology procedures in children have been carried out in recent years. A review was …

BACKGROUND: The current standard of care for imaging during supraventricular
tachycardia (SVT) ablation uses fluoroscopy, which exposes otherwise healthy children to …

INTRODUCTION:: Concerns over radiation safety are valid. Understanding and maintaining
safe administration helps patients understand the potential risks during endovascular …

In pediatric interventional cardiology, cardiologists need to stay closer to the patient than
during adult catheterization, and the use of biplane systems increases the scatter radiation …

Objective: To gather data on radiation doses from fluoroscopically guided cardiac
catheterization procedures in patients aged under 22 years at multiple centres and over a …

Infants and children are a higher risk population for radiation cancer induction compared to
adults. Although some values on pediatric patient doses for cardiac procedures have been …

Object There is an increasing awareness of radiation exposure to surgeons and the lifelong
implications of such exposure. One of the main criticisms of minimally invasive …

Children undergoing radiofrequency ablation (RFA) are believed to be at increased risk of
developing malignancy caused by radiation, although the magnitude of this risk is …