Is it possible to reduce radiation exposure during transcatheter atrial septal defect closure in children?

• Main Authors: İbrahim Cansaran Tanıdır (Author), Selman Gökalp (Author), Erkut Özturk (Author), Erman Çilsal (Author), Mehmet Akın Topkarcı (Author), Alper Guzeltaş (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Cardiac catheterization continues to be a major source of radiation exposure for patients with congenital heart disease. As children are more prone to both deterministic and stochastic effects of radiation, every effort should be made to reduce radiation exposure. One way to reduce the ra...