Cumulative radiation dose from medical imaging in paediatric congenital heart disease patients with epicardial cardiac implantable electronic devices.
Oluyemi B AboyewaChristina LaternserAndrada PopescuNicole MurphyDhaivat ShahMichael C MongeCynthia K RigsbyLaleh GolestaniradGregory WebsterDaniel KimPublished in: European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice (2024)
Paediatric CHD patients with CIED received four times higher CED than matched controls. Improved access to medical imaging tests without ionizing radiation, such as MRI, could potentially reduce the ED in CIED patients by up to five times.
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