MR imaging in comatose survivors of cardiac resuscitation

EFM Wijdicks, NG Campeau… - American Journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The prognosis of comatose survivors is determined by
clinical examination. Early laboratory indicators of poor prognosis (such as evoked …

Comatose Patients with Cardiac Arrest: Predicting Clinical Outcome with Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging1

O Wu, AG Sorensen, T Benner, AB Singhal, KL Furie… - Radiology, 2009 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To examine whether the severity and spatial distribution of reductions in apparent
diffusion coefficient (ADC) are associated with clinical outcomes in patients who become …

Serial MRI changes in comatose cardiac arrest patients

D Greer, P Scripko, J Bartscher, J Sims, E Camargo… - Neurocritical care, 2011 - Springer
Background Neuroimaging may prove useful in identifying cardiac arrest patients destined
for a poor recovery, as certain patterns have been associated with a poor outcome …

Contribution of MRI and MR angiography in early diagnosis of brain death

A Karantanas, G Hadjigeorgiou, K Paterakis, D Sfiras… - European …, 2002 - Springer
The objective of this study was to investigate whether the findings of MR imaging and MR
angiography could accurately and early diagnose brain death in comatose patients. Thirty …

Prognostic value of a qualitative brain MRI scoring system after cardiac arrest

KG Hirsch, M Mlynash, S Jansen… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To develop a qualitative brain magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) scoring system for comatose cardiac arrest patients that can be …

Prognostic value of diffusion-weighted MRI for post-cardiac arrest coma

KG Hirsch, N Fischbein, M Mlynash, S Kemp… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To validate quantitative diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) MRI thresholds that
correlate with poor outcome in comatose cardiac arrest survivors, we conducted a clinician …

Prognostic value of brain diffusion‐weighted imaging after cardiac arrest

CAC Wijman, M Mlynash, A Finley Caulfield… - Annals of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Outcome prediction is challenging in comatose postcardiac arrest survivors. We
assessed the feasibility and prognostic utility of brain diffusion‐weighted magnetic …

Specific changes in human brain following reperfusion after cardiac arrest.

M Fujioka, K Okuchi, T Sakaki, K Hiramatsu… - Stroke, 1994 - Am Heart Assoc
Very few reports are available on serial changes in human brain after cardiac arrest. The
primary objective of this study is to investigate sequential neuroradiological changes in …

Clinical MRI interpretation for outcome prediction in cardiac arrest

D Greer, P Scripko, J Bartscher, J Sims, E Camargo… - Neurocritical care, 2012 - Springer
Background In clinical practice, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is commonly used to
assess the severity of a cardiac arrest patient's cerebral injury, utilizing treating neurologists' …

Brain imaging in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest: pathophysiological correlates and prognostic properties

HM Keijzer, CWE Hoedemaekers, FJA Meijer… - Resuscitation, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury is the main cause of death and disability of
comatose patients after cardiac arrest. Early and reliable prognostication is challenging …