Cumulative radiation dose from medical imaging in paediatric congenital heart disease patients with epicardial cardiac implantable electronic devices.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To determine whether paediatric congenital heart disease (CHD) patients with epicardial cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) receive high cumulative effective doses (CEDs) of ionizing radiation from medical imaging tests.

Methods and results

We compared 28 paediatric CHD patients with epicardial CIEDs (cases) against 40 patients with no CIED matched by age at operation, sex, surgical era, and CHD diagnosis (controls). We performed a retrospective review of radiation exposure from medical imaging exams between 2006 and 2022. Radiation dose from computed tomography (CT) and X-ray radiography was calculated using the National Cancer Institute Radiation Dosimetry Tool. We performed univariate analysis to compare the CED between the two groups. In the case subgroup

SUBMITTER: Aboyewa OB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11251694 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature