Radiation From Cardiac Imaging Tests

Radiation from cardiac imaging tests: questions you should ask.

Radiation risks from cardiovascular imaging tests.

A 62-year-old retired account executive complains of diffuse chest pain with moderate activity. His hyper-cholesterolemia and hypertension have been well controlled. On treadmill testing , he fatigues at a heart rate of 140 bpm. You discuss the option of a pharmacological stress radionuclide study, but his reaction is concern. When questioned , he divulges that he and his wife had recently read...

Guidance on Cardiac Tests

  حضور ذهن داشتن در مورد تست های قلبی که دائما متنوع تر و اختصاصی تر شده و بیشتر توسعه می یابند، می تواند وقت گیر باشد. اما اگر شما این آزمون ها را درک نکنید نمی توانید به وضوح در مورد آنها با بیمارانتان صحبت کنید. توصیف ذیل ابزار آموزشی ویژه ای جهت کمک به توضیح ساده این تست ها می باشد.

Cardiac imaging: does radiation matter?

The use of ionizing radiation in cardiovascular imaging has generated considerable discussion. Radiation should not be considered in isolation, but rather in the context of a careful examination of the benefits, risks, and costs of cardiovascular imaging. Such consideration requires an understanding of some fundamental aspects of the biology, physics, epidemiology, and terminology germane to ra...

Radiation dose to patients from cardiac diagnostic imaging.

The volume of cardiac diagnostic procedures involving the use of ionizing radiation has increased rapidly in recent years. Whereas in 1990, fewer than 3 million nuclear cardiology studies were performed in the United States, by 2002 this figure more than tripled to 9.9 million.1 Cardiac computed tomographic (CT) volume doubled between 2002 and 2003, to 485 000 cases,2 and has continued to grow ...