RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF PATIENT RADIATION DOSES IN DIGITAL CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY AND INTERVENTIONS.

This study sought to assess patient and operator eye lens doses in diagnostic coronary angiography (DCA) and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in a University hospital in Oman. Kerma area product (PkA), cumulative air kerma (CAK) and fluoroscopic time (FT) were retrospectively recorded from the DICOM header for 264 patients. The median (interquartile range) of FT, PKA and CAK were: 5.