Guest Editor
Dr.
Maria Grazia Andreassi
Head, Genetics Lab
CNR, Institute of Clinical Physiology,
Via Aurelia Sud - Massa- Italy
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Dr.
Eugenio Picano
Director, CNR, Institute of Clinical Physiology,
Via Moruzzi,1
56124 - Pisa - Italy
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email:picano@ifc.cnr.it
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Summary
Medical radiation imaging is the major source of man-made irradiation
in western countries. About 5 billion imaging examinations are
performed worldwide each year, and cardiac imaging represent
>50% of all ionizing radiation examinations, accounting for about
two thirds of the total effective dose to patients Individual
lifetime patient exposures may well reach values around a cumulative
exposure of 100 mSv, corresponding to 5,000 chest x-rays by the
execution—one after the other — of a Multislice Computed Tomography
(MSCT) (15 mSv), a Thallium scan (20–25 mSv), a coronary angiography (6
mSv), a coronary stenting (15 mSv), a follow-up repeat MSCT (again 15
mSv) and Thallium scan (again 20–25 mSv). Unfortunately,
physicians show little awareness of the dose of the exam they daily
perform or request. The current status of this field of evidence is the
subjects of this special issue. In particular, it will comprise
manuscripts providing information on population impact, professional
and patient exposure from radiation dose in cardiac imaging. In
addition, the issue will include also a paper describing the findings
of recent studies regarding the use of surrogate biomarker of
susceptibility in the assessing long-term risk of heath effects, and
the future perspectives of the molecular epidemiology. Based on
these contributions, the issue will try to compose a balanced issue in
order to increase awareness and knowledge about radiation exposure from
cardiac imaging and implications for health risk.
Keywords
Cardiac Imaging, Low-dose radiation, Interventional Cardiology,
Computed Tomography, Health Risk
Planned Papers
1. Population impact: Medical versus occupational,
public and incidental exposure (Dieter Regulla,Radiprotection
Institute, Munich, Germany)
2. Professional exposure in the catheterization
laboratory (Eliseo Vano,San Carlos Hospital, Madrid, Spain);
3. Cumulative patient effective dose in cardiology
(Richard Semelka,Duke University , USA);
4. Health risk and biological effects of cardiac
imaging: From Epidemiology To Genes (Alberto Izzotti, Maria Grazia
Andreassi , Fabrizio Bianchi, Italy)
5. Sustainability of cardiac imaging (Eugenio
Picano, Andrew Einstein, New York )
Submission
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Int. J. Environ. Res.
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MDPI - 19 September 2008