Fluoroscopically guided implantation of modern cardiac resynchronization devices: radiation burden to the patient and associated risks.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on December 20, 2005

Authors

Kostas Perisinakis1, Nicholas Theocharopoulos, John Damilakis, Emmanouel Manios, Panayiotis Vardas, Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Iraklion, Greece. perisina@med.uoc.gr

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