Introduction Interventional radiology procedures access patient vessels through what is known as a vascular sheath. Common sheath access problems cause difficulty inserting and manipulating tools through the sheath, which often requires awkward postures and movements […]

Objectives This study sought to measure the protection from scatter radiation offered to the primary physician by a variety of available shields and to provide best practice guidelines for shield use during invasive cardiology procedures. […]

Background Radiation exposure in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) is a safety risk. We investigated a novel sterile Vertical Radiation Shield (VRS) on operator radiation exposure. Download and read the entire abstract here (PDF)  

Introduction Radiation exposure in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) is known to have both stochastic and deterministic effects on the patient and the operator.1–5 Fluoroscopy-guided transcatheter interventions have become more complex over the past decade […]