Abstract
In a previous editorial, I commented on ionizing radiation associated with multislice computed tomographic angiography and x‐ray coronary angiography performed in the catheterization laboratory.1 I mentioned that just by living, all of us are exposed to a background radiation dose, probably in the neighborhood of 3.6 millisieverts per year. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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