Radiation and circulatory disease

Radiation-related neoplasms, circulatory diseases, and cataracts among radiological technologists

Background: In response to the need for diagnosis and treatment, medical radiation has been increasingly used worldwide. This study investigated the medical utilization of radiation-related diseases among radiological technologists (RTs) and factors that influence such diseases. Materials and Methods: Data were collected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. A panel study...

radiation-related neoplasms, circulatory diseases, and cataracts among radiological technologists

background: in response to the need for diagnosis and treatment, medical radiation has been increasingly used worldwide. this study investigated the medical utilization of radiation-related diseases among radiological technologists (rts) and factors that influence such diseases. materials and methods: data were collected from the taiwan national health insurance research database. a panel study...

Radiation exposure and circulatory disease risk: Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor data, 1950-2003

OBJECTIVE To investigate the degree to which ionising radiation confers risk of mortality from heart disease and stroke. DESIGN Prospective cohort study with more than 50 years of follow-up. SETTING Atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. PARTICIPANTS 86 611 Life Span Study cohort members with individually estimated radiation doses from 0 to >3 Gy (86% received <0.2 Gy). ...

Low dose radiation and circulatory diseases: a brief narrative review

Exposure to high doses of ionizing radiation is associated with damage to the heart and coronary arteries. However, only recently have studies with high-quality individual dosimetry data allowed this risk to be estimated while adjusting for concomitant chemotherapy. An association between lower dose exposures and late-occurring circulatory disease has only recently been suspected in the Japanes...

Estimating Risk of Circulatory Disease from Exposure to Low-Level Ionizing Radiation