Digital subtraction angiography--a new approach to brain death determination in the newborn.
The diagnosis of brain death in the newborn infants is elusive and often difficult. The lack of cerebral blood flow has become an identified criterion for loss of cerebral function. The diagnosis can be obtained by the technique of digital subtraction angiography, which is presented in two case reports demonstrating the utility of this technique.
Albertini
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Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, St. Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick 08903.
Schonfeld
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Hiatt
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Hegyi
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D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001926:Brain Death / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn