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. 2018 Apr;10(4):2346–2356. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.04.42

Table 4. Radiation dose to cardiac substructures (all values are EQD2).

Substructure Mean (Gy) Median (Gy) Range (Gy)
Whole heart
   Mean dose 1.90 1.03 0.04–11.00
   D0.03cc 33.38 13.10 0.15–212.22
Aortic valve
   Mean dose 2.21 0.47 0.05–10.37
   D0.03cc 4.04 0.74 0.07–33.47
AV node
   Mean dose 1.93 0.18 0–15.19
   D0.03cc 2.73 0.20 0.01–20.63
Left anterior descending artery
   Mean dose 2.01 0.80 0.02–16.17
   D0.03cc 5.67 2.30 0.04–48.60
Left atrium
   Mean dose 3.38 1.62 0.06–43.47
   D0.03cc 20.67 9.19 0.13–195.20
Left circumflex artery
   Mean dose 3.65 0.53 0.02–35.52
   D0.03cc 5.59 0.80 0.04–64.73
Left main coronary artery
   Mean dose 3.03 0.51 0.05–32.73
   D0.03cc 4.06 0.73 0.05–34.38
Left ventricle
   Mean dose 1.47 0.20 0.02–12.02
   D0.03cc 12.92 2.84 0.09–143.68
Mitral valve
   Mean dose 2.39 0.18 0.01–22.79
   D0.03cc 3.09 0.20 0.02–28.80
Pulmonic valve
   Mean dose 2.85 0.54 0.04–33.26
   D0.03cc 5.61 1.22 0.06–45.72
Right atrium
   Mean dose 3.03 0.52 0.03–31.38
   D0.03cc 21.37 5.76 0.07–211.47
Right coronary artery
   Mean dose 2.27 0.64 0.02–17.47
   D0.03cc 5.53 2.55 0.03–47.91
Right ventricle
   Mean dose 1.46 0.51 0.02–9.71
   D0.03cc 12.87 5.96 0.07–194.45
Tricuspid valve
   Mean dose 2.02 0.16 0.02–15.04
   D0.03CC 2.58 0.18 0.04–18.63

cc, cubic centimeters, D0.03cc (Gy), minimum radiation dose received by the highest dose 0.03 cc volume of a given structure expressed in Gy.