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Cardiac disease in pregnancy CT
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The preferable estimated fetal exposure from ionizing radiation should be below 50 mGy and with CT, the exposed radiation is 0.3 mGy and therefore contra-indicated during pregnancy.[1]
The only exception for the use of CT during pregnancy include to diagnosis pulmonary embolism, for which a low-radiation CT is recommended.[2][3]
References
References
- ↑ van Hoeven KH, Kitsis RN, Katz SD, Factor SM (1993). “Peripartum versus idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in young women–a comparison of clinical, pathologic and prognostic features”. International Journal of Cardiology. 40 (1): 57–65. PMID 8349367. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help);|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Torbicki A, Perrier A, Konstantinides S, Agnelli G, Galiè N, Pruszczyk P, Bengel F, Brady AJ, Ferreira D, Janssens U, Klepetko W, Mayer E, Remy-Jardin M, Bassand JP (2008). “Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)”. European Heart Journal. 29 (18): 2276–315. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn310. PMID 18757870. Retrieved 2012-04-18. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Winer-Muram HT, Boone JM, Brown HL, Jennings SG, Mabie WC, Lombardo GT (2002). “Pulmonary embolism in pregnant patients: fetal radiation dose with helical CT”. Radiology. 224 (2): 487–92. PMID 12147847. Retrieved 2012-04-18. Unknown parameter
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