Table 2 Procedure type and case numbers.

From: Taller staff occupationally exposed to less radiation to the temple in cardiac procedures, but risk higher doses during vascular cases

Procedure category

Procedure type

Number

Coronary

Coronary angiography—diagnostic

866

Coronary angiography—interventional

534

Total

 

1400

TAVI

TAVI workups

21

TAVI/Balloon valvuloplasty

24

Total

 

45

Implantables

PPM

67

Watchman/amulet

14

ASD/PFO closure

9

Balloon pump

1

Total

 

91

EP Total

Diagnostic and interventional

48

Vascular

Abdominal angiography—diagnostic

20

Abdominal angiography—interventional

42

Abdominal + lower limb/s—diagnostic

28

Abdominal + lower limb/s—interventional

48

Lower limb diagnostic

25

Lower limb interventional

68

Subclavian/fistulogram/carotids—diagnostic

5

Subclavian/fistulogram/carotids—interventional

20

EVAR/FEVAR

38

Total

 

294

  1. TAVI transcatheter aortic valve implantation, PPM permanent pacemaker, ASD atrial septal defect, PFO patent foramen ovale, EP electrophysiology, EVAR endovascular aneurysm repair, FEVAR fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair.
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