Standardized diagnostic reference levels for paediatric interventional cardiology: Data from an Italian referral centre.

To provide data on radiation exposure in paediatric interventional cardiology procedures, addressing the scarcity of valuable Local Diagnostic Reference Levels (LDRLs),established according to the standardized approach proposed by the Radiation Protection 185 report (RP185). Paediatric catheterization procedures conducted at the University-Hospital of Padua from September 2019 to December 2022 were stratified by body weight (BW) classes and procedure type. LDRLs were calculated for groups with at least 20 patients as the 75th percentile of Kerma-Area Product (P A total of 838 procedures were analysed. LDRL were provided for five therapeutic procedures. The 75th percentile of P The study stands out as one of the few that presents a considerable number of LDRLs for weight categories and procedure types with a sample size of at least 20 patients per group, in agreement with RP185. P

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