TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Operational Radiation Management for Patients and Staff A1 - Wagner, Louis K. A2 - Samady, Habib A2 - Fearon, William F. A2 - Yeung, Alan C. A2 - King III, Spencer B. PY - 2017 T2 - Interventional Cardiology, 2e AB - Fluoroscopic radiation is a carcinogen that can also cause severe injury (“radiation burns”) in patients and practitioners. Figures 11-1,11-2,11-3,11-4 illustrate the severe effects of radiation. All effects pictured were caused by radiation associated with fluoroscopy. Note the characteristic demarcation of injuries with sharp borders, a feature usually but not always associated with severe radiation effects from fluoroscopy. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146595881 ER -