%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of Radiation Exposure on Physicians During Angioplasty for Hemodialysis Access Dysfunction
%A Kuo-Ting Tang
%A Po-Sen Huang
%A Wei-Ting Chang
%A Zhih-Cherng Chen
%J Archive of "Acta Cardiologica Sinica".
%D 2019
%R 10.6515/ACS.201901_35(1).20180730A
%X Percutaneous interventions help patients with various cardiovascular diseases, however radiation exposure is a safety concern for both patients and health care providers. We previously reported that dose area product (DAP) is apparently different in central body and upper-limb areas during percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for arteriovenous shunt dysfunction. In this study, we investigated the precise radiation dose at the patients¡¯ back and at the non-targeted organs of the operators
%K Arteriovenous shunt dysfunction
%K Central lesion
%K PTA
%K Radiation exposure
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6342834/