Detection of intracranial circulatory arrest in brain death using cranial CT-angiography

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 173-179

  Welschehold, S ^a,b   Kerz, T ^a   Boor, S ^a   Reuland, K ^a   Thomke F ^a   Reuland, A ^a,b   Beyer, C ^a   Wagner, W ^a   Muller Forell W ^a   Giese, A ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Hospital Weißenfels   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain death; Cerebral perfusion; Computed tomography; CT angiography; Intracranial circulatory arrest

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL CIRCULATORY ARREST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROINTENSIVIST; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871653343     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03826.x     Document Type: Article

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