Assessment of Cerebral Circulatory Arrest via CT Angiography and CT Perfusion in Brain Death Confirmation.

CONCLUSION: The sensitivity of CTA confirming brain death differs between various proposed 4-point scoring systems. Although the ICV-SPV is the most sensitive, evaluation of the SPV is challenging. Adding CTP to the routine BD CTA protocol, especially in cases with open skull defect, could increase sensitivity as a useful adjunct. PMID: 32932559 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Korean J Radiol - September 9, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Akdogan AI, Pekcevik Y, Sahin H, Pekcevik R Tags: Korean J Radiol Source Type: research