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. 2016 Jun 5;37(40):3075–3080. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw206

Table 1.

Radiation biomarkers used for studying the risk after different diagnostic procedures

Procedure Biomarkers References
[18F] FDG PET/CT (∼5 mSv) Proteomic marker (γ-H2AX foci) May et al.93
CCTA (∼8 mSv) Proteomic marker (γ-H2AX foci) Grudzenski et al.94
CCTA (∼36.9 mSv) Proteomic and genomic markers Nguyen et al.28
CCTA (∼11.4 mSv) Proteomic marker (γ-H2AX foci) Kuefner et al.95
CCTA (∼6.4 mSv) Proteomic marker (γ-H2AX foci) Brand et al.54
CT (∼6.3 mSv) Proteomic marker (H2AX foci) Rothkamm et al.38
Invasive angiography (∼18.2 mSv) Proteomic and genomic markers Lee et al.39
Invasive angiography (∼12 mSv) Cytogenetic marker (MN assay) Andreassi et al.96
SPECT MPI (∼10.0 mSv) Proteomic and genomic markers Lee et al.39

PET, positron emission tomography; CT, computed tomography; CCTA, coronary computed tomography angiography; SPECT-MPI, single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging; MN, micronucleus.