Korean Journal of Radiology

  • 제22권3호
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  • Pages.395-404
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  • 2021
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  • 1229-6929(pISSN)
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  • 2005-8330(eISSN)
대한영상의학회 (The Korean Society of Radiology)
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Assessment of Cerebral Circulatory Arrest via CT Angiography and CT Perfusion in Brain Death Confirmation

  • Asli Irmak Akdogan (Department of Radiology, Buca Women Birth and Child Diseases Hospital) ;
  • Yeliz Pekcevik (Department of Radiology, University of Health Sciences, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Hilal Sahin (Department of Radiology, University of Health Sciences, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Ridvan Pekcevik (Department of Radiology, Katip Celebi University, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital)
  • 투고 : 2019.08.31
  • 심사 : 2020.06.17
  • 발행 : 2021.03.01
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Objective: To compare the utility of computed tomography perfusion (CTP) and three different 4-point scoring systems in computed tomography angiography (CTA) in confirming brain death (BD) in patients with and without skull defects. Materials and Methods: Ninety-two patients clinically diagnosed as BD using CTA and/or CTP for confirmation were retrospectively reviewed. For the final analysis, 86 patients were included in this study. Images were re-evaluated by three radiologists according to the 4-point scoring systems that consider the vessel opacification on 1) the venous phase for both M4 segments of the middle cerebral arteries (MCAs-M4) and internal cerebral veins (ICVs) (A60-V60), 2) the arterial phase for the MCA-M4 and venous phase for the ICVs (A20-V60), 3) the venous phase for the ICVs and superior petrosal veins (ICV-SPV). The CTP images were independently reviewed. The presence of an open skull defect and stasis filling was noted. Results: Sensitivities of the ICV-SPV, A20-V60, A60-V60 scoring systems, and CTP in the diagnosis of BD were 89.5%, 82.6%, 67.4%, and 93.3%, respectively. The sensitivity of A20-V60 scoring was higher than that of A60-V60 in BD patients (p < 0.001). CTP was found to be the most sensitive method (86.5%) in patients with open skull defect (p = 0.019). Interobserver agreement was excellent in the diagnosis of BD, in assessing A20-V60, A60-V60, ICV-SPV, CTP, and good in stasis filling (κ: 0.84, 0.83, 0.83, 0.83, and 0.67, respectively). Conclusion: The sensitivity of CTA confirming brain death differs between various proposed 4-point scoring systems. Although the ICV-SPV is the most sensitive, evaluation of the SPV is challenging. Adding CTP to the routine BD CTA protocol, especially in cases with open skull defect, could increase sensitivity as a useful adjunct.

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