Investigation of occupational radiation exposure during interventional cardiac catheterisations performed via radial artery.

The purpose of this study was to determine the thyroid, sternum and hand radiation doses of radiologists who perform angiographies and angioplasties via the radial artery. Staff radiation dose was estimated for 21 cardiac interventional catheterisations. Thermoluminescence dosemeters (TLDs) were used to determine radiation dose for each procedure at the right and left wrist, at the sternum and the thyroid.

Coronary fistula from left main stem to main pulmonary artery.

We describe a patient with a rare coronary arteriovenous fistula connecting the left main stem to the main pulmonary artery. This rare case was discovered during routine coronary angiography for the evaluation of the patient s coronary heart disease.

[Psychopathometric cross sectional study in aged chronic schizophrenic patients].

This study aimed at determining the different test behaviour of aged chronic schizophrenics compared with acutely schizophrenic patients. 198 patients were examined who fulfilled the criteria of diagnosis of schizophrenia according to K. Schneider, who were more than 60 years old, and whose IQ was over 60.