TCT-557 Impact of a Suspended Lead Suit on Physician Radiation Doses Across Patient BMI Categories During Coronary Angiography J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Sep, 72 (13_Supplement) B223–B224. Refahiyat et al. showed a 95.0% reduction in deep dose equivalent [Hp(10)] for Zero-Gravity vs. traditional lead apron in morbidly obese patients in a study of 1,120 consecutive […]
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Lightweight Lead Aprons and Non-Lead Aprons and Attenuating Head Caps
Featured Article: K Fetterly et al. Head and Neck Radiation Dose and Radiation Safety for Interventional Physicians. JACC Vol 10 No 5 2017. Read more and link to download manuscript. Clinical Evaluation of Protective Garments with Respect to Garment Characteristics and Manufacturer Label Information. Lichliter et al. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2017 Jan;28(1):148-155. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2016.08.006. ISET […]