Cerebral perfusion scintigraphy study as confirmation test of brain death in the process of organ donation for transplant

Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol. 2012 Sep;31(5):278-85. doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2012.03.013. Epub 2012 Jun 2.
[Article in English, Spanish]
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MeSH terms

  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Death / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Death / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Coma / diagnostic imaging
  • Death
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital
  • Pentetic Acid / pharmacokinetics
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacokinetics
  • Software Design
  • Spain
  • Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime / pharmacokinetics
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Tissue Donors / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Tissue and Organ Harvesting* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime
  • Pentetic Acid