Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Predict Long-term Outcome after Cardiac Arrest
Background: Prognostication in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest is a major clinical challenge. The authors’ objective was to determine whether an assessment with diffusion tensor imaging, a brain magnetic resonance imaging sequence, increases the accuracy of 1 yr functional outcome prediction in cardiac arrest survivors. Methods: Prospective, observational study in two intensive care units. Fifty-seven comatose survivors of cardiac arrest