1. Impact of trainee involvement on patient radiation exposure and contrast volumes during invasive cardiac procedures
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Benjamin J.W. Chow, Trevor Simard, Derek So, Pietro Di Santo, Benjamin Hibbert, Vinay Kansal, Aun-Yeong Chong, Gary W. Small, and Alomgir Hossain
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Male ,Coronary angiography ,medicine.medical_specialty ,media_common.quotation_subject ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Cardiology ,Coronary Angiography ,Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ,Cardiac procedures ,medicine ,Humans ,Contrast (vision) ,Registries ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,media_common ,Interventional cardiology ,business.industry ,Radiation dose ,Percutaneous coronary intervention ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Radiation Exposure ,humanities ,Radiation exposure ,Cohort ,Female ,Radiology ,business ,human activities - Abstract
Purpose: The impact of cardiology fellows (CFs) and interventional cardiology fellows (ICFs) on patient radiation and contrast exposure during diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention is unknown. Methods: Between 2011 and 2014, 16,175 cases were retrospectively assessed involving 27 CFs, 22 ICFs and 24 staff as primary operators. Results: During diagnostic coronary angiography, ICFs administered the lowest radiation dose (5,648±5,523 cGy*cm2; 1.30 ± 1.27 mSv)—achieving 22% less radiation than the staff (6,889±4,294 cGy*cm2; 1.58 ± 0.99 mSv) and 36% less than CFs (7,700±6,751 cGy*cm2; 1.77 ± 1.55 mSv) (p
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- 2020