Published July 1995
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Journal article
99mTc HM-PAO brain perfusion SPECT in brain death
- 1. Dept. of Diagnostic Imaging, IRCCS 'Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza' Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy)
- 2. Second Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS, 'Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza' Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy)
- 3. Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS, 'Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza' Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy)
Description
We have easily carried out and interpreted 99mTc HM-PAO SPECT in a consecutive series of 40 comatose patients with brain damage, without discontinuing therapy. Brain death was diagnosed in 7 patients, by recognising absence of brain perfusion, as shown by no intracranial radionuclide uptake. In patients in whom perfusion was seen on brain scans, HM-PAO SPECT improved assessment of the extent of injury, which in general was larger than suggested by CT. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Neuroradiology
- Journal Volume
- 37
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 365-369.
- ISSN
- 0028-3940
- CODEN
- NRDYAB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 27025893
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; NMR IMAGING; PATIENTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNETIUM 99
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MAMMALS; MAN; MATERIALS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PRIMATES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES