EffectivenesS of Additional X-ray PRotection dEviceS in Reducing Scattered Radiation in Radial interventiOn

Tommaso Gori700 enrolled

Overview

This study evaluates the radiation exposure of scattered radiation for the interventionalist during coronary angiography using different X-ray protection materials, namely, an X-ray Screen without additional X-ray protection, an X-ray Screen with additional protective strips and an X-ray Screen with additional protective strips AND protective patient cut-outs.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

700

Conditions

Exposure of Member of Staff to Medical Diagnostic X-Ray

Interventions

Plain X-ray protection shieldRADIATION

Coronary angiography with mere X-ray protection shield

Protection shield & X-ray protective stripsRADIATION

Coronary angiography with X-ray protection shield \& X-ray protective strips

Protection shield & protective strips & patient cut-outsRADIATION

Coronary angiography with X-ray protection shield \& X-ray protective strips \& X-ray protection patient cut-outs

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * indication for coronary angiography Exclusion Criteria: * none

Locations (1)

University Medical Center Mainz

Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Operator dose

Dose of radiation measured

Time frame: Duration of coronary angiography of individuel patient, varies between approximately 5 minutes of radiation (easy access, exclusion coronary heart disease) and app. 3 hours (difficult and complex percutaneous coronary intervention).

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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