Multicenter Quantification of Radiation Exposure and Associated Risks for Prostatic Artery Embolization in 1476 Patients.
Ayyagari R, Rahman S, Grizzard K, Mustafa A, Staib L, Makkia R, Bhatia S, Bilhim T, Carnevale F, Davis C, Fischman A, Isaacson A, McClure T, McWilliams J, Nutting C, Richardson A, Salem R, Sapoval M, Yu H. Multicenter Quantification of Radiation Exposure and Associated Risks for Prostatic Artery Embolization in 1476 Patients. Radiology 2024, 310: e231877. PMID: 38441098, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.231877.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstatic artery embolizationCumulative air kermaRadiation-related adverse eventsBody mass indexAdverse eventsEffective doseFluoroscopy timeArtery embolizationRadiation doseKerma area product valuesMedian cumulative air kermaMedian effective radiation doseFluoroscopy unitPatient body mass indexRadiation exposureTwo-sample <i>t</i> test wasRadiation dose dataBenign prostatic hyperplasiaFluoroscopy-guided proceduresPatient radiation exposureEffective radiation doseRadiation field areaRadiation effective doseWilcoxon rank sum testInvasive angiographic procedures