TY - JOUR
T1 - SCAI Consensus Document on Occupational Radiation Exposure to the Pregnant Cardiologist and Technical Personnel
AU - Best, Patricia J.M.
AU - Skelding, Kimberly A.
AU - Mehran, Roxana
AU - Chieffo, Alaide
AU - Kunadian, Vijayalakshmi
AU - Madan, Mina
AU - Mikhail, Ghada W.
AU - Mauri, Fina
AU - Takahashi, Saeko
AU - Honye, Junko
AU - Hernández-Antolín, Rosana
AU - Weiner, Bonnie H.
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - Concerns regarding radiation exposure and its effects during pregnancy are often quoted as an important barrier preventing many women from pursuing a career in Interventional Cardiology. Finding the true risk of radiation exposure from performing cardiac catheterisation procedures can be challenging and guidelines for pregnancy exposure have been inadequate. The Women in Innovations group of Cardiologists with endorsement of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions aim to provide guidance in this publication by describing the risk of radiation exposure to pregnant physicians and cardiac catheterisation personnel, to educate on appropriate radiation monitoring and to encourage mechanisms to reduce radiation exposure. Current data do not suggest a significant increased risk to the foetus of pregnant women in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory and thus do not justify precluding pregnant physicians from performing procedures in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory. However, radiation exposure amongst pregnant physicians should be properly monitored and adequate radiation safety measures are still warranted.
AB - Concerns regarding radiation exposure and its effects during pregnancy are often quoted as an important barrier preventing many women from pursuing a career in Interventional Cardiology. Finding the true risk of radiation exposure from performing cardiac catheterisation procedures can be challenging and guidelines for pregnancy exposure have been inadequate. The Women in Innovations group of Cardiologists with endorsement of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions aim to provide guidance in this publication by describing the risk of radiation exposure to pregnant physicians and cardiac catheterisation personnel, to educate on appropriate radiation monitoring and to encourage mechanisms to reduce radiation exposure. Current data do not suggest a significant increased risk to the foetus of pregnant women in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory and thus do not justify precluding pregnant physicians from performing procedures in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory. However, radiation exposure amongst pregnant physicians should be properly monitored and adequate radiation safety measures are still warranted.
KW - Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum
KW - Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis
KW - Electron microscopy
KW - Haemoplasma
KW - Haemotropic Mycoplasma
KW - Real-time PCR
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.11.006
DO - 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.11.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21241961
AN - SCOPUS:78651464884
SN - 1443-9506
VL - 20
SP - 83
EP - 90
JO - Heart Lung and Circulation
JF - Heart Lung and Circulation
IS - 2
ER -