Assessing the level of radiation experienced by anesthesiologists during transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation and protection by a lead cap

OBJECTIVE: Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) has become a standard therapy for patients with aortic valve stenosis. Fluoroscopic imaging is essential for TAVI with the anesthesiologist’s workplace close to patient’s head side. While the use of lead-caps has been shown to be...

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Autores principales: Mayr, N. Patrick, Wiesner, Gunther, Kretschmer, Angela, Brönner, Johannes, Hoedlmoser, Herbert, Husser, Oliver, Kasel, Albert M., Lange, Rüdiger, Tassani-Prell, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6353158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30699164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210872

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