Table 3 Ongoing studies on interventional cardiologists
From: Cancer and non-cancer brain and eye effects of chronic low-dose ionizing radiation exposure
Main funding | NIH and NCI | Italian CNR National Research Council-IFC, Institute of Clinical Physiology |
|---|---|---|
Scientific Societies endorsement | Multispecialty Occupational Health Group | Italian Society of Invasive Cardiology (GISE) |
Enrolled population | · 44,000 fluoroscopists (interventional cardiologists, radiologists, neuroradiologists) · 42,000 non-interventional radiologists · 101,000 non-exposed physicians | · 500 exposed interventional cardiologists (nurses, technicians) · 500 non exposed clinical cardiologists (nurses, technicians) |
Endpoint | Epidemiological clinical endpoints (cancer, cataract, vascular events) | Surrogate biomarkers of genetic, vascular, reproductive, cognitive effect |