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Radiation Exposure and Safety for the Electrophysiologist

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This review attempts to give practical advice for invasive electrophysiologists on personal radiation protection. Applying all measures of the “As low as reasonably achievable” ALARA concept should be a daily and indeed routine practice for all staff in the electrophysiology laboratory. A substantial number of technical options have been recently introduced which may enable the physician to lower the total radiation exposure significantly, but all require a substantial learning curve. Using these measures can arrive at very low or indeed close to ZERO fluoroscopy exposure even in complex ablation cases.

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Sabine Ernst has been a consultant for Biosense Webster and Stereotaxis; has received grant support from CardioInsight; has received payment for development of educational presentations including service on speakers' bureaus from Biosense, St. Jude Medical, Stereotaxis, Biotronik; and has received travel/accommodations expenses covered or reimbursed from Biosense, St. Jude Medical, Stereotaxis, Biotronik.

Isabel Castellano declares that she has no conflict of interest.

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    Sabine Ernst

  2. Department of Physics, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Isabel Castellano

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Ernst, S., Castellano, I. Radiation Exposure and Safety for the Electrophysiologist. Curr Cardiol Rep 15, 402 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-013-0402-2

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