Standardizing Radiation Dose Reporting in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory—A Multicenter Study by the CCISC (Congenital Cardiovascular Interventional Study Consortium) | SCAI
Nov 1st 2014

Standardizing Radiation Dose Reporting in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory—A Multicenter Study by the CCISC (Congenital Cardiovascular Interventional Study Consortium)

In this article the reader is introduced to the concepts of standardization of radiation dose reporting based on a multi-center large registry. Given the wide variation in body size encountered in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, standardized reporting of radiation dose it critical in quality improvement and registries.  

From Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions 

All authors: Daisuke Kobayashi, MD, FSCAI;  Jeffery Meadows, MD, FSCAI; Thomas J. Forbes, MD, FSCAI; Phillip Moore, MD, MBA; Alexander J. Javois, MD, FSCAI; Carlos A. Pedra, MD, PhD; Wei Du, PhD; Daniel H. Gruenstein, MD, FSCAI; David F. Wax, MD; James A. Hill, MD; Joseph N. Graziano, MD, FSCAI; Thomas E. Fagan, MD, FSCAI; Walter Mosquera Alvarez, MD; David G. Nykanen, MD, FSCAI; and Abhay A. Divekar, MD, MBBS, FSCAI.

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