CT angiography as a confirmatory test in brain death

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 311-316

  Welschehold, Stefan ^a   Boor, Stephan ^a   Reuland, Katharina ^a   Beyer, Christian ^a   Kerz, Thomas ^a   Reuland, Andre ^a   Müller Forell, Wibke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DEATH; CERVICAL INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY;

EID: 85052610380     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: 00016268     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0956-4_60     Document Type: Conference Paper

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