Brain Death Scintigraphy and Pathology Results in a Rat Model
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, vol.12, no.2, pp.143-147, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 12 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2014
- Doi Number: 10.6002/ect.2013.0026
- Journal Name: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.143-147
- Keywords: Brain death, Tc-99m DTPA, Scintigraphy, Cerebral blood flow, Histopathologic findings, TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER, PERFUSION, DIAGNOSIS, CONFIRMATION, ANGIOGRAPHY, CARE
- Inonu University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Objectives: Brain scintigraphy with Tc-99m-labeled diethylenetriaminopenta-acetic acid is a sensitive diagnostic method showing loss of cerebral blood flow that occurs after brain death. Cerebral blood flow can be quantitatively estimated by this method. The aim of this study was to compare histopathologic changes occurring with the decrease of cerebral blood flow (as shown by Tc-99m-labeled diethylenetriaminopenta-acetic acid brain death scintigraphy) after brain death in an experimental model.