Journal article
Opportunities for improvement on current nuclear cardiology practices and radiation exposure in Latin America: Findings from the 65-country IAEA Nuclear Cardiology Protocols cross-sectional Study (INCAPS)
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Comparison of Latin American (LA) nuclear cardiology (NC) practice with that in the rest of the world (RoW) will identify areas for improvement and lead to educational activities to reduce radiation exposure from NC.
METHODS AND RESULTS: INCAPS collected data on all SPECT and PET procedures performed during a single week in March-April 2013 in 36 laboratories in 10 LA countries (n = 1139), and 272 laboratories in 55 countries in RoW …
Authors
Vitola JV; Mut F; Alexánderson E; Pascual TNB; Mercuri M; Karthikeyan G; Better N; Rehani MM; Kashyap R; Dondi M
Journal
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 851–859
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2017
DOI
10.1007/s12350-016-0433-3
ISSN
1071-3581