False positive CT angiography in brain death

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 272-275

  Greer, David M ^a   Strozyk, Dorothea ^a   Schwamm, Lee H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; CT angiography; SPECT; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; PHENYLEPHRINE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 70350574066     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-009-9220-1     Document Type: Article

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