• Acta neurochirurgica · Jan 1988

    Diagnosis of brain death. Transcranial Doppler sonography as an additional method.

    • V Van Velthoven and L Calliauw.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium.
    • Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1988 Jan 1; 95 (1-2): 57-60.

    AbstractEver since transplant surgery became a common procedure, the early diagnosis of irreversible cessation of cerebral function has become an important need. We made a comparative study of EEG, angiography and transcranial Doppler imaging in patients who fulfilled the clinical criteria for brain death. The imaging was performed with a 2 MHz pulsed Doppler system with a unique transcranial probe (EME, type TC2-64 B). Intracranial reverberating flow patterns with counterbalancing forward and backward components of the blood column indicate flow arrest. Transcranial Doppler Sonography was found to be a practical, non invasive, early and reliable method for the diagnosis of arrest of the cerebral circulation.

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