Proper Use of Cineangiographic Equipment and Contrast Agents

camera, and x-ray tube (partially hidden below table), attached to a floor-mounted parallelogram gantry to allow complex angulation; (2) lateral plane image chain attached to a ceiling-suspended gantry that can be moved into place when biplane imaging is desired; (3) and (4) television monitors for AP and lateral image chains; (5) movable radiation shield to protect operators from scatter dose to eyes and thyroid; (6) physiologic pressure recorder located behind lead-glass window to protect the cardiovascular technician from scatter radiation; (7) remote display of physiologic data; (8) power injector for contrast delivery during ventriculography; (9) emergency cart containing defibrillator, airway management, and drug supplies; and (10) patient support table with (c) control box for table and gantry movement, magnification mode, and beam-restricting “cones” and (j) junction box for connection of pressure transducers to physiologic recorder. The generator and image chain electronics are concealed behind the louvered doors seen along the right wall of the room. 2