Nuclear cardiology practices and radiation exposure in Africa: results from the IAEA Nuclear Cardiology Protocols Study (INCAPS)

OBJECTIVE: While nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) offers many benefits to patients with known or suspected cardiovascular disease, concerns exist regarding radiationassociated health effects. Little is known regarding MPI practice in Africa. We sought to characterise radiation doses and th...

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Autores principales: Bouyoucef, Salah E, Mercuri, Mathew, Einstein, Andrew J, Pascual, Thomas NB, Kashyap, Ravi, Dondi, Maurizio, Paez, Diana, Allam, Adel H, Vangu, Mboyo, Vitola, João V, Better, Nathan, Karthikeyan, Ganesan, Mahmarian, John J, Rehani, Madan M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2017
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Cardiovascular Topics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5642028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28906538
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2016-091

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