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)


Vitola J. V., Mut F., Alexanderson E., Pascual T. N. B., Mercuri M., Karthikeyan G., ...More

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY, vol.24, no.3, pp.851-859, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s12350-016-0433-3
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.851-859
  • Keywords: Nuclear cardiology, SPECT, PET, Latin America, best practices, radiation dose, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, EPIDEMIC, SPECT
  • Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.