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Estimation of children's radiation dose from cardiac catheterisations, performed for the diagnosis or the treatment of a congenital heart disease using TLD dosimetry and Monte Carlo simulation.

Medical Physics Department, University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Street, Athens 11527, Greece.
Journal of Radiological Protection (impact factor: 1.39). 07/2009; 29(2):251-61. DOI:10.1088/0952-4746/29/2/011
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ABSTRACT Entrance surface radiation doses were measured with thermoluminescent dosimeters for 98 children who were referred to a cardiology department for the diagnosis or the treatment of a congenital heart disease. Additionally, all the radiographic parameters were recorded and Monte Carlo simulations were performed for the estimation of entrance surface dose to effective dose conversion factors, in order to further calculate the effective dose for each child. For diagnostic catheterisations the values ranged from 0.16 to 14.44 mSv, with average 3.71 mSv, and for therapeutic catheterisations the values ranged from 0.38 to 25.01 mSv, with average value 5 mSv. Effective doses were estimated for diagnostic procedures and interventional procedures performed for the treatment of five different heart diseases: (a) atrial septal defect (ASD), (b) ventricular septal defect (VSD), (c) patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), (d) aorta coarctation and (e) pulmonary stenosis. The high levels of radiation exposure are, however, balanced with the advantages of cardiac catheterisations such as the avoidance of surgical closure and the necessity of shorter or even no hospitalisation.

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    Helene Baysson, Jean Luc Réhel, Younes Boudjemline, Jerôme Petit, Brigitte Girodon, Bernard Aubert, Dominique Laurier, Damien Bonnet, Marie-Odile Bernier
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Keywords

ASD
 
average value 5 mSv
 
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cardiac catheterisations
 
cardiology department
 
congenital heart disease
 
diagnostic catheterisations
 
diagnostic procedures
 
different heart diseases
 
effective dose
 
effective dose conversion factors
 
Effective doses
 
Entrance surface radiation doses
 
hospitalisation
 
interventional procedures
 
Monte Carlo simulations
 
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radiographic parameters
 
therapeutic catheterisations
 
thermoluminescent dosimeters