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Table 2 The average radiation burden for EVAR procedures, CT aorta examinations and Iliac artery embolisation. Values are the mean doses for each examination

From: The radiation burden from increasingly complex endovascular aortic aneurysm repair

 

Patients who fit the EVAR-1 trial criteria

Patients who do not fit the EVAR-1 trial criteria

DAP (Gy.cm2)

DLP (mGy.cm)

ED (mSv)

DAP (Gy.cm2)

DLP (mGy.cm)

ED (mSv)

EVAR procedure alone

90.7

 

17.1

134.6

 

25.3

CT aorta

 

916.5

16.0

 

916.5

16.0

Iliac artery embolization (IAE)

137.2

 

25.8

137.2

 

25.8

EVAR procedure + 3 × CT aorta

  

65.1

  

73.3

EVAR procedure + 3 × CT aorta + IAE

  

90.9

  

99.1