Evaluation of Thyroid Exposure to Radiation Doses During Paediatric Cardiac Catheterisations Performed for Diagnosis or the Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease

Public Assistance-Hospitals of Marseille (AP-HM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiac Catheterizations

Treatments: Other: blood and urine samples ; Echography

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01693796

2010-09 (Other Identifier)

2010-A01118-31

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the average risk for thyroid irradiation for any type of paediatric cardiac catheterization, based on the cummulative at-risk dose of 100 mSv, adjusted to the measured thyroid volume and to the patient's age.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Inclusion of any patient (< 18 year-old) with congenital heart disease undergoing one or more cardiac catheterization

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion of patients with any type of thyroid dissease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)