Brain Computed Tomography Angiography as an Ancillary Test in the Confirmation of Brain Death
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Brain Computed Tomography Angiography as an Ancillary Test in the Confirmation of Brain Death
Introduction Brain death (BD) is the irreversible termination of the functioning of the brain. The diagnosis should be first made by clinical criteria and confirmed by using paraclinical confirmatory techniques (ancillary tests). While conventional brain angiography remains the standard method of choice, computed tomography angiography (CTA) has emerged as an alternative method. In this study, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.1491