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Nuclear Cardiology Practices and Radiation Exposure in the Oceania Region: Results From the IAEA Nuclear Cardiology Protocols Study (INCAPS) Sinjini Biswas, MBBS, BMedSc, Nathan Better, MBBS, FRACP, Thomas N.B. Pascual, MD, Mathew Mercuri, PhD, João V. Vitola, MD, PhD, Ganesan Karthikeyan, MBBS, MD, DM, MSc, James Westcott, BAppSc(MedRad), Erick Alexánderson, MD, Adel H. Allam, MD, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, MD, MS, Henry Hee-Seung Bom, MD, PhD, Salah E. Bouyoucef, MD, Albert Flotats, MD, Scott Jerome, DO, Philip A. Kaufman, MD, Vikram Lele, MD, Osnat Luxenburg, MD, MPH, MBA, John J. Mahmarian, MD, Leslee J. Shaw, PhD, S. Richard Underwood, DM, FRCP, Madan Rehani, PhD, Ravi Kashyap, MD, Maurizio Dondi, MD, Diana Paez, MD, Andrew J. Einstein, MD, PhD Heart, Lung and Circulation Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages (January 2017) DOI: /j.hlc Copyright © 2016 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Terms and Conditions
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Figure 1 Map showing the location of participating metropolitan and non-metropolitan laboratories in ANZ. Heart, Lung and Circulation , 25-34DOI: ( /j.hlc ) Copyright © 2016 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Terms and Conditions
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Figure 2 Graph showing the distribution of patient ED for MPI studies performed in ANZ. Heart, Lung and Circulation , 25-34DOI: ( /j.hlc ) Copyright © 2016 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Terms and Conditions
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Figure 3 Box plot comparing the median ED for patients undergoing MPI in ANZ compared to the rest of the world (P=0.15). Heart, Lung and Circulation , 25-34DOI: ( /j.hlc ) Copyright © 2016 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Terms and Conditions
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Figure 4 Graph comparing laboratory use of each of the eight ‘best practices’ to reduce radiation dose in ANZ versus the rest of the world. Heart, Lung and Circulation , 25-34DOI: ( /j.hlc ) Copyright © 2016 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Terms and Conditions
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Figure 5 Box plot comparing median ED in patients undergoing MPI in metropolitan vs. non-metropolitan laboratories in ANZ (P<0.001). Heart, Lung and Circulation , 25-34DOI: ( /j.hlc ) Copyright © 2016 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Terms and Conditions
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