The Use of Genotoxicity Endpoints as Biomarkers of Low Dose Radiation Exposure in Interventional Cardiology

• Main Authors: Martha Habibi (Author), Panagiotis K. Karyofyllis (Author), Aggeliki Nikolakopoulou (Author), Panagiotis Papagiannis (Author), Pantelis Karaiskos (Author), Alexandros G. Georgakilas (Author), Vasiliki I. Hatzi (Author), Ioannis Malakos (Author), Nikolaos Kollaros (Author), Irene Mastorakou (Author), Vassilis Voudris (Author), Georgia I. Terzoudi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The effect of the reportedly low ionizing radiation doses, such as those very often delivered to patients in interventional cardiology, remains ambiguous. As interventional cardiac procedures may have a significant impact on total collective effective dose, there are radiation protection concerns fo...