Dr. Bernhard Strohmer

Paracelsus Private Medical University / Salzburger Landeskliniken Dept. of Cardiology / Austria

“The use of the Cathpax® cabin turned out to be one of the most important achievements in my daily EP practice as far as radioprotection is concerned. The cabin is no hindrance at all for handling the catheters and the view to the monitors. Moreover, I think there is a positive effect on the outcome of the procedure if you are able to stay physically and mentally relaxed particularly during long lasting or complex ablations”.

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X-ray dangers in interventional cath labs

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Significant reduction of radiation exposure using a protection cabin for electrophysiological procedures

The use of the radiation protection cabin allowed the operators to perform a variety of catheter ablations without hindrance and negligible radiation.

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