Nottingham EP lab hits ‘rock-bottom’ dose
Nottingham City Hospital consultant EP cardiologists Dr Tim Robinson, Dr Andrew Staniforth and Dr Arif Ahsan.
Electrophysiology staff at Nottingham City Hospital report that an upgraded Philips interventional x-ray system has allowed them to dramatically reduce dose without loss of image quality.
A Philips Allura Xper system has been transformed into an AlluraClarity system and consultant EP cardiologist Dr Tim Robinson has been discovering the benefits of Clarity IQ technology: “The dose reduction is much greater than I would have expected. We have compared data from patients treated when the lab was first built with data since the transformation and the dose is around 70 per cent less.”
See the full report on page 15 of the March 2013 issue of RAD Magazine.
