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Radiation protection in cardiology cath labs. Expert review and opinion of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions, the Working Group on Echocardiography of the Polish Society of Cardiology and the Polish Society of Medical Physics

Krzysztof Milewski12, Tomasz Pawłowski3, Joanna Kidoń-Szołtysek45, Mariusz Tomaniak6, Bartłomiej Góra2, Piotr Barus6, Andrzej Gackowski7, Piotr Szymański89, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec10, Andrzej Lekston11, Michał Hawranek11, Marek Grygier12, Tomasz Piotrowski1314, Wojciech Wojakowski15

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