Gutierrez-Barrios, AlejandroCañadas-Pruaño, DoloresNoval-Morillas, InmaculadaGheorghe, LiviaZayas-Rueda, RicardoCalle-Perez, German2023-05-032023-05-0320221949-8462http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21646Use of ionizing radiation during cardiac catheterization interventions adversely impacts both the patients and medical staff. In recent years, radiation dose in cardiac catheterization interventions has become a topic of increasing interest in interventional cardiology and there is a strong interest in reducing radiation exposure during the procedures. This review presents the current status of radiation protection in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and summarizes a practical approach for radiation dose management for minimizing radiation exposure. This review also presents recent innovations that have clinical potential for reducing radiation during cardiac interventions.enAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Cardiac catheterizationCathlabIonizing radiationQuality improvementRadiationresearch article35126868open access10.4330/wjc.v14.i1.1PMC8788173https://doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v14.i1.1https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8788173/pdf