TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiation safety for cardiovascular computed tomography imaging in paediatric cardiology
T2 - a joint expert consensus document of the EACVI, ESCR, AEPC, and ESPR
AU - Francone, Marco
AU - Gimelli, Alessia
AU - Budde, Ricardo P.J.
AU - Caro-Dominguez, Pablo
AU - Einstein, Andrew J.
AU - Gutberlet, Matthias
AU - Maurovich-Horvat, Pal
AU - Miller, Owen
AU - Nagy, Eszter
AU - Natale, Luigi
AU - Peebles, Charles
AU - Petersen, Steffen E.
AU - Semple, Thomas
AU - Valverde, Israel
AU - Voges, Inga
AU - Secinaro, Aurelio
AU - Di Salvo, Giovanni
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2022. For permissions, please email: [email protected].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s).
PY - 2022/8/1
Y1 - 2022/8/1
N2 - Children with congenital and acquired heart disease may be exposed to relatively high lifetime cumulative doses of ionizing radiation from necessary medical invasive and non-invasive imaging procedures. Although these imaging procedures are all essential to the care of these complex paediatric population and have contributed to meaningfully improved outcomes in these patients, exposure to ionizing radiation is associated with potential risks, including an increased lifetime attributable risk of cancer. The goal of this manuscript is to provide a comprehensive review of radiation dose management and cardiac computed tomography performance in the paediatric population with congenital and acquired heart disease, to encourage informed imaging to achieve indication-appropriate study quality at the lowest achievable dose.
AB - Children with congenital and acquired heart disease may be exposed to relatively high lifetime cumulative doses of ionizing radiation from necessary medical invasive and non-invasive imaging procedures. Although these imaging procedures are all essential to the care of these complex paediatric population and have contributed to meaningfully improved outcomes in these patients, exposure to ionizing radiation is associated with potential risks, including an increased lifetime attributable risk of cancer. The goal of this manuscript is to provide a comprehensive review of radiation dose management and cardiac computed tomography performance in the paediatric population with congenital and acquired heart disease, to encourage informed imaging to achieve indication-appropriate study quality at the lowest achievable dose.
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U2 - 10.1093/ehjci/jeac048
DO - 10.1093/ehjci/jeac048
M3 - Article
C2 - 35262687
AN - SCOPUS:85134855219
SN - 2047-2404
VL - 23
SP - e279-e289
JO - European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging
JF - European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging
IS - 8
ER -
