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Especially in regard to organ transplantation, an early, certain and safe diagnosis of cerebral death is desirable. Neurologic examination and EEG only allow a statement about the loss of brain function without proving its short-term irreversibility (1, 3). On the other hand, there is no doubt about the diagnosis of brain death, if we have proved an arrest of cerebral circulation, which can normally be done by means of angiography (2) or angioscintigraphy (4). If an organ transplantation is planned, we would usually use one of these means to prove the death of the donor.
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Kühne, D., Arnold, H. (1978). Diagnosis of Brain Death by Means of Computerized Tomography. In: Frowein, R.A., Wilcke, O., Karimi-Nejad, A., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Head Injuries. Tumors of the Cerebellar Region. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67028-2_9
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