MEASUREMENT OF SKIN DOSE AND RADIATION-INDUCED CHANGES IN SKIN MICROCIRCULATION IN CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION PERCUTANEOUS CARDIAC INTERVENTIONS (CTO-PCI)Show others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Radiation Protection Dosimetry, ISSN 0144-8420, E-ISSN 1742-3406, Vol. 195, no 3-4, p. 257-263Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Skin injuries may occur when radiation doses to the skin exceed 2 Gy. This study aimed to measure changes in skin microcirculation in patients undergoing chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions (CTO-PCI). In 14 patients, peak skin dose (PSD) was estimated with radiographic films and skin microcirculation was assessed with laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI), before, 1 day after the intervention, and 4–6 weeks later. The mean PSD was 1.8 ± 0.9 Gy. Peak skin microcirculation increased by 12% from 45 ± 6 PU before to 50 ± 9 PU 1 day after the intervention (p = 0.01), and returned to 46 ± 8 PU after 4–6 weeks (p = 0.15). There was no significant correlation between PSD and the change in perfusion, neither 1 day (r = −0.13, p = 0.69) nor 4–6 weeks after the intervention (r = 0.33, p = 0.35). These results suggest that there are no radiation-induced microvascular changes in the skin after CTO-PCI at skin doses below 2 Gy.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford University Press, 2021. Vol. 195, no 3-4, p. 257-263
National Category
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-180433DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncab024ISI: 000711245400018PubMedID: 33709133OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-180433DiVA, id: diva2:1604453
Note
Funding: ALF Grants, Region Ostergotland
2021-10-202021-10-202025-02-10Bibliographically approved