but 17% of respondents limited their hours in the cath lab either by personal choice or because their institution required them to do so to cut down on their radiation exposure. Higher annual ...

A survey conducted by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) highlights ongoing radiation and orthopedic hazards faced by interventional cardiologists and cardiac ...

This study confirms what many of us in the field have long suspected-occupational hazards in the cath lab remain unacceptable ... and other types of radiation injury, such as cataracts, was ...

WASHINGTON—A survey conducted by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) highlights ongoing radiation and orthopedic hazards faced by interventional cardiologists and ...

highlights ongoing radiation and orthopedic hazards faced by interventional cardiologists and cardiac catheterization laboratory (“cath lab” or CCL) staff. The survey revealed that despite ...

According to a recent survey of cardiologists, 59.8% have experienced orthopedic injury due to hazardous cardiac catheterization ... the widespread use of radiation protective gear to decrease ...

Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu China ...

The new provincial budget includes $3 million in startup funding and ongoing funding to cover operational costs for the interim cardiac catheterization lab at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. Health ...

PHOENIX — Hospital group Abrazo Health announced Thursday the completed renovation of two catheterization (“cath”) labs at its West Valley campus that will improve both “patient outcomes ...

Brown Norway (BN) rats, in comparison, are a normotensive control group, while consomic SSBN6 with substitution of rat chromosome 6 (homologous to human chromosome 14) on an SS background manifests ...