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How do you decide between using nuclear medicine scanning versus computed tomographic angiography (CTA) for ancillary brain death testing?

Would you ever obtain both?

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I would NEVER use CTA as an ancillary test when determining brain death. The American Academy of Neurology guidelines specifically classify CT angiography as an unacceptable ancillary test for brain death determination. The acceptable ancillary tests for adults include digital subtraction angiogra...

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at The University of Tennessee Medical Center
Could you enlighten us why CTA is inappropriate? I...

at University of Pennsylvania
Here is the rationale from the 2023 guidelines, re...

at The University of Tennessee Medical Center
Yes. I could see false positives as a problem. How...

at University of Pennsylvania
When the guidelines state "false positive," they m...

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