Body Surface Radiation Exposure in Interventional Echocardiographers During Structural Heart Disease Procedures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The distribution of radiation exposure on the body surface of interventional echocardiographers during structural heart disease (SHD) procedures is unclear.

Objectives

This study estimated and visualized radiation exposure on the body surface of interventional echocardiographers performing transesophageal echocardiography by computer simulations and real-life measurements of radiation exposure during SHD procedures.

Methods

A Monte Carlo simulation was performed to clarify the absorbed dose distribution of radiation on the body surface of interventional echocardiographers. The real-life radiation exposure was measured during 79 consecutive procedures (44 transcatheter edge-to-edge repairs of the mitral valve and 35 transcatheter aortic valve replacements [T

SUBMITTER: Kataoka A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10167512 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature