Impact of a comprehensive safety program on radiation exposure during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a prospective study

Pulmonary vein antral isolation (PVAI) is an effective treatment for atrial fibrillation and involves prolonged procedure and fluoroscopy times. This study assesses the impact of a comprehensive radiation safety program on patient and operator radiation exposure during PVAI. We evaluated a comprehensive radiation safety program including: (1) verbal reinforcement of previous fluoroscopy times (2) effective collimation (3) minimizing...