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Modarai B, Haulon S, Ainsbury E, Böckler D, Vano-Carruana E, Dawson J, Farber M, Van Herzeele I, Hertault A, van Herwaarden J, Patel A, Wanhainen A, Weiss S, Esvs Guidelines Committee, Bastos Gonçalves F, Björck M, Chakfé N, de Borst GJ, Coscas R, Dias NV, Dick F, Hinchliffe RJ, Kakkos SK, Koncar IB, Kolh P, Lindholt JS, Trimarchi S, Tulamo R, Twine CP, Vermassen F, Document Reviewers, Bacher K, Brountzos E, Fanelli F, Fidalgo Domingos LA, Gargiulo M, Mani K, Mastracci TM, Maurel B, Morgan RA, Schneider P. Editor's Choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Radiation Safety. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2023; 65:171-222. [PMID: 36130680 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2022.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Naidu SS, Abbott JD, Bagai J, Blankenship J, Garcia S, Iqbal SN, Kaul P, Khuddus MA, Kirkwood L, Manoukian SV, Patel MR, Skelding K, Slotwiner D, Swaminathan RV, Welt FG, Kolansky DM. SCAI expert consensus update on best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: This statement was endorsed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) in April 2021. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2021; 98:255-276. [PMID: 33909349 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The current document commissioned by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and endorsed by the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and Heart Rhythm Society represents a comprehensive update to the 2012 and 2016 consensus documents on patient-centered best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Comprising updates to staffing and credentialing, as well as evidence-based updates to the pre-, intra-, and post-procedural logistics, clinical standards and patient flow, the document also includes an expanded section on CCL governance, administration, and approach to quality metrics. This update also acknowledges the collaboration with various specialties, including discussion of the heart team approach to management, and working with electrophysiology colleagues in particular. It is hoped that this document will be utilized by hospitals, health systems, as well as regulatory bodies involved in assuring and maintaining quality, safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of patient throughput in this high volume area.
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- Srihari S Naidu
- Department of Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute of Lifespan, Division of Cardiology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Cardiology Division, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Mass General Brigham Salem Hospital, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Cardiac and Vascular Institute and North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Duke University Medical Center and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medicine Population Health Sciences, Queens, New York, USA
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- Duke University Medical Center and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sailer AM, Paulis L, Vergoossen L, Wildberger JE, Jeukens CRLPN. Optimizing Staff Dose in Fluoroscopy-Guided Interventions by Comparing Clinical Data with Phantom Experiments. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2019; 30:701-708.e1. [PMID: 30952523 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate conditions for minimizing staff dose in interventional radiology, and to provide an achievable level for radiation exposure reduction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Comprehensive phantom experiments were performed in an angiography suite to evaluate the effects of several parameters on operator dose, such as patient body part, radiation shielding, x-ray tube angulation, and acquisition type. Phantom data were compared with operator dose data from clinical procedures (n = 281), which were prospectively acquired with the use of electronic real-time personal dosimeters (PDMs) combined with an automatic dose-tracking system (DoseWise Portal; Philips, Best, The Netherlands). A reference PDM was installed on the C-arm to measure scattered radiation. Operator exposure was calculated relative to this scatter dose. RESULTS In phantom experiments and clinical procedures, median operator dose relative to the dose-area product (DAP) was reduced by 81% and 79% in cerebral procedures and abdominal procedures, respectively. The use of radiation shielding decreased operator exposure up to 97% in phantom experiments; however, operator dose data show that this reduction was not fully achieved in clinical practice. Both phantom experiments and clinical procedures showed that the largest contribution to relative operator dose originated from left-anterior-oblique C-arm angulations (59%-75% of clinical operator exposure). Of the various x-ray acquisition types used, fluoroscopy was the main contributor to procedural DAP (49%) and operator dose in clinical procedures (82%). CONCLUSIONS Achievable levels for radiation exposure reduction were determined and compared with real-life clinical practice. This generated evidence-based advice on the conditions required for optimal radiation safety.
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- Anna M Sailer
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Mohapatra A, Greenberg RK, Mastracci TM, Eagleton MJ, Thornsberry B. Radiation exposure to operating room personnel and patients during endovascular procedures. J Vasc Surg 2013; 58:702-9. [PMID: 23810300 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 02/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize radiation exposure to patients and operating room personnel during fluoroscopic procedures. METHODS Patient dose information was collected from the imaging equipment. Real-time dosimetry was used to measure doses to the operators, scrub nurse, radiologic technologist (RT), and anesthesiologist in 39 cases of endovascular thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair using fenestrated endografts. Overall equivalent doses and dose rates at time points of interest were noted and compared with the corresponding patient doses. RESULTS The dosimeter on the anesthesia equipment received 143 μSv (38-247) more radiation per case than the average operator, and the scrub nurse and RT received 106 μSv (66-146) and 100 μSv (55-145) less, respectively. Adjusting for protective lead aprons by the Webster methodology, the average operator received an effective dose of 38 μSv. Except for the RT, personnel doses were well correlated with patient dose as measured by kerma area product (KAP) (r = .82 for average operator, r = .85 for scrub nurse, and r = .86 for anesthesia; all P < .001) but less well correlated with fluoroscopy time or cumulative air kerma (CAK). When preoperative cone beam computed tomography was performed, the equivalent dose to the RT was 1.1 μSv (0.6-1.5) when using shielding and 37 μSv (22-53) when unshielded. Digital subtraction acquisitions accounted for a large fraction of all individuals' doses. Decreasing field size (and thus, increasing magnification) was associated with decreased KAP (r = .47; P < .001) and increased CAK (r = -.56; P < .001). The square of the field size correlated strongly with the KAP/CAK ratio (r = .99; P < .001). Increased lateral angulation of the C-arm increased both CAK and KAP (at field size, 22 cm; r = .54 and r = .44; both P < .001) and the average dose rate to an operator was 1.78 (1.37-2.31) times as high in a lateral projection as in a posterior-anterior projection. CONCLUSIONS Personnel doses were best correlated with KAP and less well correlated with fluoroscopy time or CAK. The dosimeter on the anesthesia equipment recorded the highest doses attributable to ineffective shielding. Operators can reduce the effective dose to themselves, the patient, and other personnel by minimizing the use of digital subtraction acquisitions, avoiding lateral angulation, using higher magnification levels when possible, and being diligent about the use of shielding during fluoroscopy cases.
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- Abhisekh Mohapatra
- School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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