Evaluation of Procedure Doses and Staff Attitudes in Interventional Cardiology in Terms of Radiation Safety.

Objective: Ionizing radiation has long been used in the medical field. Catheter laboratories (cath labs) are recognized as areas where radiation exposure is notably high. This study aims to examine the levels of radiation exposure during various interventional procedures to raise awareness of this issue in Türkiye.

The value of exercise SPET for the detection of coronary artery steal syndrome secondary to unligated major side branch of left internal mammary artery.

Objective: The clinical significance of unligated major left internal mammary artery (LIMA)-side branches (SB) remains controversial in patients with previous coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical significance of unligated major LIMA-SB by using exercise myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with single-photon emission tomography.

Subjects And Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 2819 consecutive patients who underwent diagnostic angiography.