Trends and predictors of radiation exposure in percutaneous coronary intervention: the PROTECTION VIII study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is indispensable in cardiology; however, exposure to potentially harmful ionising radiation remains a concern.

Aims

This study was designed to assess the PCI-related radiation dose over the last decade and to identify predictors of increased dose exposure.

Methods

The PROcedural radiaTion dose Exposure in percutaneous Coronary intervenTION (PROTECTION VIII) study included all PCIs reported to a German quality assurance programme between 2008 and 2018. Dose area product (DAP) and radiation time were analysed. Effective dose (ED) was estimated (ED=DAP*k; conversion coefficient k=0.0022 mSv/cGy*cm²). Multivariate linear regression analysis was used to identify predictors associated with a clinically relevant

SUBMITTER: Stocker TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9912963 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature