Cancer risk related to low-dose ionizing radiation from cardiac imaging in patients after acute myocardial infarctionBackground Patients exposed to low-dose ionizing radiation from cardiac imaging and therapeutic procedures after acute myocardial infarction may be at increased risk of cancer. Methods Using an administrative database, we selected a cohort of patients who had an acute myocardial infarction between April 1996 and March 2006 and no history of cancer. We documented all cardiac imaging and therapeutic
The Linear No-Threshold Theory of Radiation Carcinogenesis Should Be Rejecte
