Abstract
This article is the first investigation that studies patient doses (air kerma and DAP) during digital subtraction angiography (DSA) for stent-graft treatment of both thoracic (TAAs) and abdominal (AAAs) aortic aneurysms. Fluoroscopy and exposure time, air kerma and dose-area product (DAP) were analyzed from 100 patients. In 41% of the analyzed patients total air kerma was between 1-2 Gy and for 7% exceeded 2 Gy. Median DAP values for fluoroscopy were 87.6 (TAAs) and 142.2 (AAAs) (Gy cm2) and for exposure 364.7 and 238.7 (Gy cm2), respectively. A 10-min prolongation of treatment causes about 83 Gy cm increase of DAP for fluoroscopy and 390 Gy cm for each 1 s of exposure. A good correlation between DAP and examination times was found for both exposure (r = 0.78) and fluoroscopy (r = 0.7). Moreover, sex was found to be a differential factor for DAP: DAP values for females were about 25% lower for both clinical procedures. For this kind of treatment the radiation doses were obtained for patients. Total air kerma in this kind of treatment for TAAs might be high and can even reach 4 Gy.
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