Radiation dose management for pediatric cardiac computed tomography: a report from the Image Gently ‘Have-A-Heart’ campaign

Cynthia K. Rigsby; Sarah E. McKenney; Kevin D. Hill; Anjali Chelliah; Andrew J. Einstein; B. Kelly Han; Joshua D. Robinson; Christina L. Sammet; Timothy C. Slesnick; Donald P. Frush

doi:10.1007/s00247-017-3991-x

Radiation dose management for pediatric cardiac computed tomography: a report from the Image Gently ‘Have-A-Heart’ campaign

Cynthia K. Rigsby^*, Sarah E. McKenney, Kevin D. Hill, Anjali Chelliah, Andrew J. Einstein, B. Kelly Han, Joshua D. Robinson, Christina L. Sammet, Timothy C. Slesnick, Donald P. Frush

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Abstract

Children with congenital or acquired heart disease can be exposed to relatively high lifetime cumulative doses of ionizing radiation from necessary medical imaging procedures including radiography, fluoroscopic procedures including diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterizations, electrophysiology examinations, cardiac computed tomography (CT) studies, and nuclear cardiology examinations. Despite the clinical necessity of these imaging studies, the related ionizing radiation exposure could pose an increased lifetime attributable cancer risk. The Image Gently “Have-A-Heart” campaign is promoting the appropriate use of medical imaging studies in children with congenital or acquired heart disease while minimizing radiation exposure. The focus of this manuscript is to provide a comprehensive review of radiation dose management and CT performance in children with congenital or acquired heart disease.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5-20
Number of pages	16
Journal	Pediatric radiology
Volume	48
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-017-3991-x
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

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Conflicts of interest C.K. Rigsby and J.D. Robinson are supported by grant NHLBI R01 HL115828 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. K.D. Hill is supported by UL1 TR001117 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. A.J. Einstein is supported by grant R01 HL10971 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and has received research grants to Columbia University from GE Healthcare, Philips Healthcare, and Toshiba America Medical Systems. C.L. Sammet is a member of Bayer HealthCare Informatics Global Advisory Board. S.E. McKenney, A. Chelliah, B.K. Han, T.C. Slesnick and D.P. Frush report no conflicts of interest.

Keywords

Children
Computed tomography
Congenital heart disease
Heart
Radiation safety

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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