Doctors Performing Heart Surgery Face Risks To Eyes

Friday, August 29, 2008 - 13:35 in Health & Medicine

Patients are not the only ones at risk during cardiac procedures. Doctors performing heart surgery also face health risks, namely to their eyes. The IAEA is helping to raise awareness of threats, through training in radiation protection related to medical uses of X-ray imaging systems.

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