Shielding for Radiation Safety in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

HomeCirculation: Cardiovascular InterventionsVol. 16, No. 12Shielding for Radiation Safety in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory No AccessEditorialRequest AccessFull TextAboutView Full TextView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toNo AccessEditorialRequest AccessFull TextShielding for Radiation Safety in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Jay Khambhati and Jane A. Leopold Jay KhambhatiJay Khambhati Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. and Jane A. LeopoldJane A. Leopold Correspondence to: Jane A. Leopold, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 77 Ave Louis Pasteur, NRB0630K, Boston, MA 02115. Email E-mail Address: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0598-8882 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Originally published13 Nov 2023https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.123.013647Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. 2023;16This article is a commentary on the followingEfficacy and User Experience of a Novel X-Ray Shield on Operator Radiation Exposure During Cardiac Catheterization: A Randomized Controlled Trial"Shielding for Radiation Safety in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory." Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 16(12), pp. e013647FootnotesFor Disclosures, see page 755.The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association.Correspondence to: Jane A. Leopold, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 77 Ave Louis Pasteur, NRB0630K, Boston, MA 02115. Email jleopold@bwh.harvard.eduREFERENCES1. Gutierrez-Barrios A, Canadas-Pruano D, Noval-Morillas I, Gheorghe L, Zayas-Rueda R, Calle-Perez G. 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