Background The detection of regional wall motion abnormalities is the cornerstone of stress
echocardiography. Today, stress echo shows increasing trends of utilization due to growing …

Interventional electrophysiology offers a great variety of treatment options to patients
suffering from symptomatic cardiac arrhythmia. Catheter ablation of supraventricular and …

The majority of studies investigating the effectiveness of radiation shields focus on
procedures performed by cardiologists. These studies are, nevertheless, relevant also for …

Introduction Atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation requires access to the left atrium (LA) via
transseptal puncture (TP). TP is traditionally performed with fluoroscopic guidance. Use of …

Percutaneous therapeutic options for an increasing variety of structural heart diseases
(SHD) have grown dramatically. Within this context of continuous expansion of devices and …

Introduction The awareness of radiation doses and risks, also during interventional
cardiology procedures, is essential today in order to apply the risk-benefit assessment and …

Background This pre-clinical study evaluated the efficacy of a novel shielding system to
reduce scatter radiation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Methods Using a scatter …

Catheterization for structural heart disease (SHD) requires fluoroscopic guidance, which
exposes health care professionals to radiation exposure risk. Nevertheless, existing …

Risks to collateral structures exist with radiofrequency (RF) ablation of the left atrium to
obtain pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Passive luminal …

Background: Interventional cardiologists are occupationally exposed to high doses of
ionizing radiation. The MAVIG X-ray protective drape (MXPD) is a commercially available …