Media Room
17 June 2021
Professor Michel Haïssaguerre: convinced user of the cabin as a means of optimum radiation protection in cathlabs
During the latest edition of the CNCH (the National college of hospital Cardiologists), Professor Michel Haïssaguerre spoke to warn, once again, practitioners of the vital need for increased radiation protection in cathlabs. Director of the Liryc, the Electrophysiology and Heart...
26 July 2019
3 questions for Karen Chamoulaud, RPO at the Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien
The guardian angel of nuclear medicine services is playing an increasingly important role The use of ionising radiation has diversified, with the emergence of new procedures, and the function of RPO, radiation protection officer, is adapting to this change. With...
1 April 2018
3 questions to Yann Valy, interventional cardiologist at the La Rochelle Hospital
With emergencies, weekly scheduled activities, simple and complex angioplasty procedures, with rotablation and intracoronary imaging, the radiation risks are increasing, and since I started using the booth, my exposure doses have dropped significantly.
24 August 2014
3 questions to Pr. Michel Haïssaguerre, Cardiological Hospital Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux, France
Interventional cardiology procedures, particularly in electrophysiology, involve some of the highest radiation exposures in medicine. In order to minimize exposure to X-rays during our cardiology procedures under fluoroscopy without having to wear restrictive aprons, thyroid protectors and lead glasses, we have started using radiation protection cabins
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