title: [99mTc HMPAO (technetium 99m-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime) angioscintigraphy in the diagnosis of brain death].
abstract: The diagnosis of brain death has great importance for the social and medical purposes, such as organs transplantation, and is based on clinical examination and EEG records. We report two doubtful cases of brain death in whom the 99mTc HMPAO scintigraphy was used to confirm the complete absence of cerebral perfusion.
authors.affiliation: I.U.O. Anestesia e Rianimazione USL 10/D Firenze.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abate
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amantini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ragazzoni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pieroni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001926:Brain Death / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime
vernacular_title: Angioscintigrafia con 99mTc HMPAO (Technetium 99m-Hexametyl propilene amino oxime) nella diagnosi di morte cerebrale.