Operators at one institution were able to decrease their patient radiation substantially over a 12-year period despite, in some cases, minimal technological improvements in the cath lab, according to ...

My wife will be the first to tell you of the displeasure she feels related to my radiation exposure in the cath lab. We’ve talked about it at an increasing frequency since I started interventional ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An initiative reduced patient and cath lab staff exposure to procedural radiation during PCI. Air kerma may be a ...

PARIS — A radiation shielding system reduces the amount of scatter radiation exposure to cath lab personnel by more than 80% compared with no shielding and better protects every position around the ...

In this video from The Organization for Occupational Radiation Safety in Interventional Fluoroscopy (ORSIF), watch the story of internationally renowned cardiovascular surgeon Edward Diethrich, MD, ...