Computed tomographic angiography for determination of brain death.
A 69-year-old woman developed deep coma and brain stem areflexia after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Due to unstable vital signs, she was not a candidate for an apnea test. Computed tomographic angiography revealed absence of intracranial circulation, and brain death was diagnosed.
Yu
Sung-Lin
SL
Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 813, Republic of China.
Lo
Yuk-Keung
YK
Lin
Shoa-Lin
SL
Lai
Ping-Hong
PH
Huang
Wei-Chun
WC
D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply; D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*