Limiting foetal doses during a four-vessel angiogram and endovascular stent-assisted berry aneurysm repair: A case report

Autor:	Demaré Potgieter, William I.D. Rae, Coert S. de Vries
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	foetal dose radiation protection cerebral angiogram aneurysm repair Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine R895-920
Zdroj:	South African Journal of Radiology, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp e1-e3 (2017)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1027-202X 2078-6778
DOI:	10.4102/sajr.v21i1.1188
Popis:	A 36-year-old female patient, 20 weeks pregnant, was diagnosed with a left internal carotid artery aneurysm. Fluoroscopically guided repair was justified. A four-vessel cerebral angiogram was performed, and a left paraclinoid aneurysm was demonstrated. The patient subsequently underwent endovascular stent-assisted berry aneurysm repair. As the patient was pregnant, the procedure was preceded by consideration of the required radiation protection. The foetal dose was estimated as negligible. Active management of foetal exposures may improve radiation protection during pregnancy.
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