Table 1.
Patient characteristics and imaging findings in cases of false negative CTA results
| # | Sex | Age (years) | Cause of brain injury | CTA opacification | BD diagnosis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCA-M4 right | MCA-M4 left | ICV right | ICV left | |||||
| 5 | M | 56 | Vasc | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Negative |
| 8 | M | 71 | Vasc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Negative |
| 17 | M | 73 | tbi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Negative |
| 23 | F | 34 | Vasc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Negative |
| 29 | M | 50 | Vasc | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Negative |
| 41 | M | 44 | Vasc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Negative |
| 47 | M | 51 | Vasc | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Negative |
vasc ischemic stroke and non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhage, tbi traumatic brain injury, BD brain death, CTA computed tomography angiography, MCA middle cerebral artery, ICV internal cerebral vein, # patient’s number