PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Prashant Jolepalem
AU  - Helena R. Balon
TI  - The Role of Scintigraphy in Confirmation of Suspected Brain Death
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.113.127639
DP  - 2013 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 306--307
VI  - 41
IP  - 4
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/41/4/306.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/41/4/306.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2013 Dec 01; 41
AB  - We present a case illustrating how cerebral perfusion scintigraphy can be used to assist in crucial medical decision making in the intensive care setting for patients who are maintained on life support but are clinically suspected to have brain death. Cerebral perfusion scintigraphy can confirm brain death but cannot be used to diagnose it. 99mTc-HMPAO and 99mTc-ethylcysteinate dimer are the preferred imaging agents since they cross the blood–brain barrier.