{"id":7336,"date":"2025-06-25T16:29:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=7336"},"modified":"2025-06-25T16:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:29:20","slug":"philips-trial-to-reduce-radiation-in-coronary-interventions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/philips-trial-to-reduce-radiation-in-coronary-interventions\/","title":{"rendered":"Philips Trial to Reduce Radiation in Coronary Interventions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Philips Trial to Reduce Radiation in Coronary Interventions<\/div>\n<div>Published: May 20, 2025. Announced at EuroPCR 2025 in Paris.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Key Points:<\/div>\n<div><span> 1. Study Announcement:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Philips announced the RADIQAL trial during the EuroPCR 2025 in Paris.<\/div>\n<div><span> 2. Trial Objective:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>To test the feasibility of ultralow X-ray doses during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) without compromising image quality.<\/div>\n<div><span> 3. Study Details:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 824 patients across 6 hospitals<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Countries: Spain, Czech Republic, Denmark, USA<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Multicenter, randomized trial<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 4. Technology:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>The Philips Azurion system is widely used for image guidance for PCIs. It was recently updated with new ultralow dose technology that is said to reduce X-ray exposure by up to 50% during coronary procedures.<\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Cleared in Europe (CE mark, EU MDR)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Not yet FDA-approved in the U.S.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 5. Lead Investigators:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Dr. Javier Escaned (Madrid, Spain)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Dr. Darshan Doshi (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 6. Clinical Importance:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Reducing radiation is vital for patients (e.g. high BMI, complex cases) and staff safety.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 The study aims to balance dose reduction with high-quality angiographic imaging, even with diluted contrast.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 7. Current Status:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 First patient enrolled in Denmark<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthimaging.com\/topics\/interventional-imaging\/philips-radiqal-low-x-ray-coronary\"><span> https:\/\/www.healthimaging.com\/topics\/interventional-imaging\/philips-radiqal-low-x-ray-coronary<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philips Trial to Reduce Radiation in Coronary Interventions Published: May 20, 2025. Announced at EuroPCR 2025 in Paris. Key Points: 1. Study Announcement: Philips announced the RADIQAL trial during the EuroPCR 2025 in Paris. 2. Trial Objective: To test the feasibility of ultralow X-ray doses during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) without compromising image quality. 3. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7337,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7336\/revisions\/7337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}