Real-time measurement of radiation exposure to patients during diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous interventional procedures
Jack T. Cusma, PhDa,
Malcolm R. Bell, MBBS, FRACP, FACCa,
Merrill A. Wondrowa,
Jerome P. Taubela and
David R. Holmes, Jr., MD, FACCa
a Mayo Foundation and Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

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Figure 1 Distribution of patient size over the procedures used for measurement of patient radiation exposure during angiographic procedures.
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Figure 2 The results of procedure radiation exposure measurements grouped by patient size. Results are presented as median and interquartile intervals. Differences between the subgroups for Exposure measurements were significant (p < 0.001).
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