CardioExchange Archive

September 29th, 2014

American Heart Association: Pay More Attention to Radiation in Imaging Procedures

Larry Husten, PHD

The American Heart Association is urging physicians to better understand the risks of radiation in cardiac imaging procedures. When ordering these procedures physicians should understand the appropriate use of each procedure, the radiation dose associated with the procedure, and the risks associated with that dose. Both the risks and benefits should be fully explained and discussed […]

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April 28th, 2014

Patient-Centered Imaging: How Best to Communicate the Benefits and Risks of Testing

Andrew Einstein, MD, PhD and John Ryan, MD

Andrew Einstein discusses his JACC paper on shared-decision making for cardiac imaging procedures that expose the patient to radiation.

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January 10th, 2014

ESC Spotlights Growing Problem of Radiation Exposure in Cardiology

Larry Husten, PHD

Both medical professionals and patients have a general sense that radiation used in medical imaging and procedures carries some danger, but they often underestimate the risk. And certainly most are unaware of the increasingly large proportion of the problem occurring during cardiology procedures. “Cardiologists today are the true contemporary radiologists,” said Eugenio Picano, lead author of […]

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August 30th, 2013

Will New Scanner Technology Reduce Radiation from CT Angiography?

Kavitha M Chinnaiyan, M.D., Gilbert L Raff, BS, MD and John Ryan, MD

Kavitha Chinnaiyan and Gilbert L. Raff discuss their study group’s nonrandomized investigation of using new scanner technology to reduce radiation from coronary CT angiography in the context of an ongoing quality-improvement program.

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August 11th, 2013

Radiation Exposure in the Cath Lab: A Radioactive Topic?

Reza Fazel, MD, MSc

How aware are you of the risks of radiation exposure from fluoroscopic procedures?

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April 17th, 2013

Cardio Oncology: Counseling Women on The Cardiovascular Risks of Radiation Therapy

John Ryan, MD

What to tell women with breast cancer about the cardiovascular risks of radiation therapy for breast cancer.

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July 23rd, 2010

Radiation Exposure in Cardiac Imaging

Jersey Chen, MD MPH

CardioExchange welcomes Jersey Chen to discuss his recent study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology , which describes radiation exposure from cardiac imaging procedures in the general population. Chen and his colleagues concluded that “cardiac imaging procedures lead to substantial radiation exposure and effective doses for many patients in the U.S.” Your paper […]

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